France's far-right National Rally (RN) has announced it will present 'a counter-budget' next week at the start of a National Assemby committee's examination of Prime Minister Michel Barnier's 2025 finance bill, deeming the government's current copy 'absolutely unacceptable'.
Speaking on FranceInfo this Saturday, National Rally MP Thomas Ménagé said: “As things stand, this budget is absolutely unacceptable ... Very clear red lines have been crossed," he added, referring to a tax on electricity, the reduction in reimbursement for medical consultations, the increase in taxes on air transport, and also the increase in taxation on gas that the Greens wish to see included in Barnier's finance bill.
