France's right-wing Le Pen "votes no confidence in government if tax increases weaken purchasing power"

France's far-right National Union (RN) has warned it will hold a vote of no confidence in the government if the people's purchasing power falls because of the government's proposed budget for next year.

Marin Le Pen, floor leader of the National Union (RN), said today (20th) in a local radio broadcast.

Le Pen explained that the priority is not to increase the tax burden on individuals or businesses and not to burden retirees with additional costs and to reduce government spending structurally.

The French government, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, earlier unveiled next year's budget plan and said it would increase the tax to 28.5 trillion won for large companies and the wealthy to reduce the fiscal deficit.

The current budget bill has been rejected once by the House of Representatives and then passed on to the Senate.

The government plans to apply Article 49 (3) of the Constitution to handle the budget bill without a vote by the House of Representatives if the House opposes it even after the budget bill is resent to the House of Representatives next month.

Article 49 (3) of the French Constitution stipulates that a bill approved by the State Council can be passed without a parliamentary vote under the responsibility of the prime minister when the government deems it an urgent situation.

However, in this case, the left wing and far-right parties, the main party in the House of Representatives, could join together to pass the Barnier government's vote of no confidence.