"Soviet regulation", the "fiscal Guillotine": The escalation in macronie attacks on Nupes

Haro to the Nupes! For several days, the majority and President Emmanuel Macron’s supporters have been drawing criticisms against the alliance on left. However, the former is currently at the top three days before the first round in the legislative elections. The instructions range from the threat of a French bankruptcy to the threat of a fiscal guillotine. It seems like the instructions are a one-upmanship even though it could mean slipping into the Soviet lexicon.

Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy, did not hesitate to tax Jean-Luc Melenchon of Nupes, Jean-Luc Melenchon of “Gallic Chaz”, an “authoritarian” at the head a party that advocates “submission to a collectivist ideologie”. His program would send our country straight to bankruptcy. He thundered, “Once we are bankrupt, we will have no choice but submit to international financial organisations and a severe austerity program.”

Christophe Castaner (the boss of LREM deputies) also commented on Jean-Luc Melenchon’s “Soviet regulation” which would have “a society in which everything is banned and everything is managed”. France 2 was assured that they would not be able “to cut our wood on their own property anymore”, although this is a distortion of a Nupes proposal, which focuses on the cutting of trees on a parcel of land. AFP noted that this is a very large area and far from the image of a person chopping wood in his own garden.

“La Nupes has a plan of economic ruin for the country at more than 325 billion euros unfunded. These expenses would require more than double VAT,” said Gabriel Attal (an ex-government spokesman) who was also a candidate for the tenth Hauts-de-Seine district on Wednesday. It’s also the tax guillotine at every level, as Jean-Luc Melenchon has added.

Agnes Pannier Runacher, Energy Transition Minister, criticized Jean-Luc Melenchon’s Wednesday program, calling it “a disaster for France” and whose decisions would “push millions of French people into poverty”. Amelie de Montchalin Minister for Ecological Transition, Territorial Cohesion and Ecological Transition, however, criticized Thursday’s “a project that has a lot ambiguity and has one goal: weakening France”. She remarked, “The program of JeanLuc Melenchon is almost identical to that of Marine Le Pen.”

Emmanuel Macron, Head of State, gave a layer of it Wednesday to criticize Nupes’ “bans & taxation project”. Their project will tell people they can’t cut trees at their homes. There are 20 new taxes. He said that this was not a good idea for the country.

These attacks do not destabilize JeanLuc Melenchon. He mocked comments that he said translated into a “panic aboard” within the government or the macronie. Olivier Faure, who was also in defense of Nupes and ridiculed the majority who think it is “too big” to attack, mocked them.

A poll by Ipsos Sopra Steeria published Thursday shows that Nupes is still making progress at 28% of the voting intentions for Sunday’s first round of legislative election. This is 0.5 points more than the previous survey (from June 3 to 6), and is now ahead Of Together! (27%, -1), which includes LREM and the Modem, Horizons, Agir, and also includes Ipsos Sopra Steria poll. These results could put into doubt the possibility of obtaining an absolute majority in Assembly for macronists.

This survey was conducted by FranceTV and Radio France on June 6th and 7th. Nupes is still moving forward, with 28% of the voting intentions for Sunday’s first round of legislative election (0.5 points more than the survey that was done from June 3rd to 6). Together is ahead of FranceTV and Radio France in June. (27%, -1 Point), which includes LREM and the Modem, Horizons, and Agir.