Friday morning, Francois Fillon, in turn, Francois Hollande accused of lying. The president-candidate Nicolas Sarkozy had criticized Thursday his Socialist rival of "lying day and night" to the French. "It is unfortunately true," added the Prime Minister on Friday morning on RTL.
"I could still hear Francois Hollande said yesterday it had 70 billion euros in gifts to the rich: nobody is able to document this assertion, it's just a lie!" Launched Fillon. "When asked where socialists are these gifts, they are indiscriminately business tax, as if it was a gift to the richest, the VAT on restaurants, overtime …" he listed. He said that "when one wants to be president, you can not base his campaign on lies."
"The tradition of the Socialist Party is to be always left in opposition and governing Liberal rather, on pensions, privatization, taxation," he has pointed out, also calling the candidate of PS being a "conservative defender acquired," which "offers only to keep things as is".
"It is never a mistake to debate its identity"
Asked about the tax shield, Francois Fillon, who like other leaders of the majority is trying to fight against the image of "President of the rich" whose left dons the head of state, held that it this was not an "error in the context of pre-crisis." But it was "inappropriate for a decision from the moment the crisis led us to increase a number of taxes, eliminate a number of tax loopholes and the tax shield which could render all of these unjust decisions" .
The prime minister also regretted the turn of the debate on national identity, while maintaining that "it is never a mistake to debate its identity."
We "always makes mistakes, especially over a period of five years," he admitted. "I told myself it was probably too reluctant to engage the lower cost of labor to be closer to Germany and its competitiveness," he reiterated, referring particularly to the reform of the VAT called "social" as the government finally decided to conduct in the home straight. "We met a number of blocks that have led us to make reforms less ambitious than we wanted," said the Prime Minister.
"The referendum is not a goal, it is a way"
It has justified the willingness of Nicolas Sarkozy to hold referendums if re-elected to, "on some strategic issues", to "overcome these obstacles." "The referendum is not a goal, it's a way. This is not a dirty word in democracy, "said the head of government. "In some cases, simply brandishing the possibility that the intermediate bodies find ways and means of the agreement."
Returning to the idea of a referendum on the unemployed, Francois Fillon said that it was to ask the French if they approve a bill allowing the transfer of 30 billion euros of vocational training to training for job seekers.
Avoid a default of Greece
While a second bailout of Greece is in loopback, the Prime Minister said that "playing the default" of the country would be "grossly irresponsible", recalling that there was "a commitment of the Greek Parliament, of all Greek political forces to these efforts. " "Bankers have agreed to relinquish 70% of loans made to the Greeks. Now we need Europeans to their promises, "he said. The effort required to Greece "are not much larger than those that are the Portuguese, Spaniards or Italians, that they do not burn their capital," he added, referring to the violence that erupted in recent days in Athens.
"We must exclude" Vanneste
On Christian Vanneste, François Fillon expressed the need "exclude" the member of the UMP after her recent statements denying the deportation of French homosexuals during World War II. The member, already known for slippage homophobic, could be ruled Wednesday of the UMP and lose his inauguration to legislation. "We need to exclude the statements he made and we must stop these controversies that hurt entire categories of the French population and divisive," said the Prime Minister.
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