Senate President Gerard Larcher said Thursday that the head of state "harvest what he sowed" by cutting off the intermediate bodies, before the day of mobilization of "yellow vests" Saturday against rising taxes on fuels.
Senate President Gerard Larcher said on Thursday that the head of state "harvest what he sowed" on the day of mobilization of "yellow vests" Saturday against rising fuel taxes.
"Under the guise of favoring a goal we share, the ecological transition" , the "brutal" increase in taxes "only serves to feed the state coffers ," he regretted at a conference of press. "The President of the Republic is reaping what he has sown: cutting with intermediate bodies , " said Gerard Larcher (Republicans).
He "wanted to be in a kind of direct relationship, without these intermediary bodies, it leads to confront Saturday live yellow vests ," he continued, calling to find "ways of dialogue . "
The senatorial majority will propose during the examination of the bill of finance "the suppression of the increase of this tax on fuels" , as it was voted in committee, he underlined.
"I hear that beyond the fuel business, there is a feeling, especially from the middle classes, that it really weighs on them," said the Senate Speaker.
Asked about Emmanuel Macron, who regretted on Wednesday night that he failed to reconcile "the people" with "his leaders," he said that the deterioration of trust between the French and the head of state opened the way "to populist temptations" .