On July 16, François Bayrou presented the broad outlines of the 2026 budget. Under an air of responsibility, his speech is in reality a declaration of social war.
As always, the bourgeoisie, disguised as a "good family man," wants to make workers, young people, and retirees pay for the crisis.Bayrou promises "control of public spending" and "modernisation of the State": in his language, this means the abolition of public holidays, austerity for public services, and cuts in social budgets.
Nothing for the minimum wage, nothing for hospitals, nothing for social welfare benefits.But we continue to shower large companies with subsidies and tax breaks, we throw billions of euros into the military budget, and above all: we enshrine the payment of debt, meaning the private incomes of the wealthiest.
This government has no democratic basis. It is the result of an institutional patchwork of the Fifth Republic, which has fallen into an advanced state of decomposition.Let us remember: François Bayrou has been Prime Minister since the fall of the Barnier government. Since then, he has governed with the support of the far-right, which has positioned itself as the guarantor of "stability" against motions of no confidence, while supporting his policy of austerity, security, and immigration. It is time to correct the course and see this logic through, to put an end to this government and its Le Penist life insurance!
For while the government feigns sobriety, social emergencies are exploding. Inflation, precariousness, climate crisis, rampant authoritarianism: Bayrou's policy is the aggravation of disaster.
Faced with this, the time is neither for dialogue nor for conciliation. It is time to bring down this illegitimate government, and to open the way to a true popular alternative: sharing of wealth, Sixth Republic, democratic ecological planning.
Illustration image: "François Bayrou le 2 juillet 2024, pendant l’entre-deux-tours des élections législatives françaises de 2024.", photograph from July 2, 2024, by Ugo Bronszewski (CC BY 2.0) – cropped image
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