Reference News Network, July 17 report - According to the website of Spain's "El País" on July 16, French Prime Minister François Bayrou's budget-cutting plan announced on July 16 aims to curb national debt, but has sparked rare unified opposition in France. Both left-wing and right-wing opposition in parliament have threatened to introduce a vote of no confidence in the fall, while unions have planned protest activities in September, when the plan will be put to a vote.
The report states that the far-right party National Rally has warned that it will introduce a vote of no confidence against the plan. Its leader Marine Le Pen said: "After seven years of disastrous spending, Emmanuel Macron and François Bayrou cannot achieve real savings, but instead are imposing new bills on the French people. If the plan is not revised, we will conduct a vote of no confidence."
The unions have made the most intense criticisms and threatened to launch protests in the fall. The secretary-general of the French Trade Union Confederation, Sophie Binet, said that Bayrou's measures were "unfair, ineffective, and dangerous for the country." "As a union member, I will do everything possible to stop it," she warned.
In contrast, French President Macron praised Bayrou's budget proposal at a cabinet meeting on July 16, calling it "courageous, bold, and sensible," and taking into account "the investment goals facing the country." (Translated by Liu Lifi)
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