"Very serious", "an attack"... the reactions after François Bayrou's proposal to abolish two public holidays
with AFP Published on 07/15/2025 at 8:20 p.m., updated on 07/15/2025 at 8:20 p.m.
Is eliminating two public holidays a good idea? This is what Prime Minister François Bayrou proposed on Tuesday, July 15, during the presentation of his plan for the 2026 budget.
" We must work more, the whole nation must work more to produce and (...) so that the situation in France improves, " he declared, proposing the abolition of two public holidays, citing the example of " Easter Monday, which has no religious significance, and May 8 ," saying he was " ready to accept other ideas ."
"Very serious" for the CGTThe idea immediately made CGT leader Sophie Binet jump, who judged that removing May 8, " victory day against Nazism ," would be " very serious ."
"Provocation" for the RNRN leader Jordan Bardella criticized a " provocation " and " a direct attack on our history, on our roots, and on the France of work ."
Marine Le Pen urged François Bayrou to "revise his copy," declaring on X: " After seven years of catastrophic waste, Emmanuel Macron and François Bayrou are incapable of making real savings and are presenting yet another bill to the French: nearly twenty billion euros in taxes and deprivations... If François Bayrou does not revise his copy, we will censor him ."
After seven years of catastrophic waste, Emmanuel Macron and François Bayrou are incapable of making real savings and are presenting the French with yet another bill: nearly twenty billion euros in taxes and deprivation.
No savings on the cost of immigration,…
" Warning, we are approaching the point of no return. Destruction and injustice must no longer be accepted. It is urgent to put an end to Macron's rule. We must get rid of Bayrou, " wrote Jean-Luc Mélenchon on X, in response to a post by LFI MP Hadrien Clouet, who denounced the Prime Minister's proposal to abolish two public holidays. "We fought to earn public holidays!"
Bayrou further reinforces the absurdity of Macron's policies: destroying the state and public services to open up space for the market. Making the masses pay to spare the very rich. The race to the economic, financial, and social abyss should therefore continue for the… https://t.co/YdorHm4o4h
— Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) July 15, 2025
" We will never accept that the people pay for gifts given to the richest while exposing the country to a recessionary risk. We will censor this policy of misfortune !" wrote Mathilde Panot, president of the La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly, on X.
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