Re: France will be the loser when we leave!
According to an item on the radio yesterday, it seems that the hard left wing candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is gaining ground in the election with his plans to bring France to its knees with his radical polices of not much work, rising benefits and 100% tax for some. It appears seems he is not too keen on the e EU either .....
Mélenchon’s policies include reducing France’s working week from 35 to 32 hours, lowering the retirement age to 60, raising the minimum wage and social security benefits, and taxing earnings of more than €33,000 a month at 100%.
He also wants to withdraw from nuclear power, which produces about 75% of France’s electricity needs, and radically reform the French constitution by abolishing the presidential regime of the Fifth Republic.
While his position on immigration is the opposite of Le Pen’s, Mélenchon is not so far removed from the Front National leader in foreign affairs, advocating a “new role” for France in the EU, withdrawal from Nato and warmer ties with Russia.
It is his plans to boost public spending by €173bn over five years and pull France out of EU treaties if Brussels does not agree to fundamental reforms that have most rattled conservatives and investors.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...date-melenchon