Overview
- La France insoumise presented a detailed 'counter‑budget' that claims roughly €106 billion in new revenues, €82 billion in extra spending and €25 billion for debt reduction.
- Economists judged the LFI plan optimistic and under‑specified, saying its revenue assumptions ignore likely taxpayer and corporate responses that could cut expected receipts.
- Marine Le Pen has pressed in Brussels to reduce France's net EU contribution, proposing an initial €11 billion cut and a national cap she says she will defend if elected.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu publicly attacked the RN proposals as a 'nightmare' for local governments after the party outlined large transfers of cost to municipalities.
- Recent polls put Mélenchon and Le Pen in positions that make a Mélenchon–Le Pen second round plausible, heightening scrutiny of both fiscal blueprints and their market and EU implications.