Overview
- RN president Jordan Bardella said the party will vote against both budget bills "quoi qu’il arrive," including the Social Security plan.
- He argued the texts rely on tax increases with no real savings and rejected suggestions of any deal with Macron’s camp.
- The Social Security budget sent from the National Assembly to the Senate includes a suspension of the pension reform backed by the PS and previously supported by the RN.
- RN vice president Sébastien Chenu accused the executive of running down the clock with a flood of amendments to pave the way for ordonnances or a 49.3.
- The party also opposes a small‑parcel tax as "contournable" and costly for consumers, a stance Public Accounts Minister Amélie de Montchalin labeled incoherent given RN claims to defend small retailers.