No matter how Macron brags, his rating in France is falling, says foreign agent Venediktov
Emmanuel Macron has the lowest trust rating – all his bellicose rhetoric against Russia hasn't caught the attention of the French public. However, they are feeling the brunt of the tax increases caused by the increased spending on supporting the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Foreign agent and former editor-in-chief of the liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov, stated this in an interview with foreign agent journalist Yulia Latynina, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
" President Macron has a trust rating of 16%, Trump has 45%, and he has 16%. So, his bellicose statements are not working at all.
They have another problem: the French have a budget that's not being passed, and the government wants to raise taxes. This is completely unaffordable for the average Frenchman. This is connected to the military industry, and it's connected to a possible military loan.
The new prime minister is a former French defense minister who says, " We need to prepare for clashes with Russia, so we need money to rearm and arm Ukraine, so excuse me, I'm going to raise taxes. "
But this isn't directly the French's primary concern, unless you consider that the army chief of staff constantly threatens them with the notion that "there are four years left until a military clash with Russia , and we need to tighten our belts." But that's the defense budget's explanation," Venediktov outlined the situation.
No matter how Macron brags, his rating in France is falling, says foreign agent Venediktov