Marine Le Pen: "A bond crisis can trigger overnight"
PARIS — Pour la candidate du Rassemblement national, “une crise obligataire peut se déclencher du jour au lendemain”, au vu de l’état des finances publiques françaises. Invitée du sommet Playbook Paris de POLITICO, Marine Le Pen a assuré jeudi qu’elle “ne nie pas le risque” d’une telle crise, qui “ne tombe pas du ciel” mais […]
Marine Le Pen, the candidate for the French presidential election from the Rassemblement national, has warned of a potential bond crisis in France due to the country's public finances. She cited ten years of excessive spending, increasing debt, and large deficits under President Emmanuel Macron's leadership. Le Pen left open the possibility of not censoring the budget if elected, aiming to make it "as perfect as possible" to potentially change it later.
She will present her budget plans on October 6, which include 125 billion euros in savings over five years. Le Pen also criticized Ursula von der Leyen, accusing her of trying to bypass elections in major EU countries by adopting the EU budget by the end of 2026.
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