Jordan Bardella, president of the Rassemblement national, outlined his economic vision in a JDD interview in three points: entrepreneurial freedom, France's strategic sovereignty, and defense of decently paid work. He emphasizes bridging gross and net salaries, administrative simplification, and national priority measures. These announcements come one year before the presidential election.
Jordan Bardella gave an interview to Le Journal du Dimanche on the economy, following a lunch with Medef leaders. He regrets claims that the RN lacks an economic program and sums up his doctrine in three pillars: «entrepreneurial freedom, France's strategic sovereignty, and above all, the defense of decently paid work».
Bridging gross and net salaries lies at the heart of the project. «Today, the burden falls on too small a minority of French people», he states, criticizing the left for turning «the right to laziness» into a near-virtue.
For entrepreneurial freedom, Bardella proposes broad simplification through ordinances upon taking power. He sent a letter to industry sectors to list «paper taxes» hindering competitiveness. «Our ambition is simple: allow companies to create, innovate, invest, and hire», he explains.
On sovereignty, he vows to put «Brussels Europe in its place», by easing over-transpositions of EU directives and exiting the European electricity market for a national price advantage. On pensions, he deems the current system unsustainable without specifying the legal age, advocating early exits for grueling jobs. Non-contributory social aids would be reserved for French families, and he champions property rights for housing.