“Our goal is to draft a broad simplification decree, which will be published at the beginning of our term, to liberate the French economy and help boost production,” they said.
Leading the vote ahead of the 2027 deadline, the National Conference has been seeking to attract the business community. Bardella is meeting senior officials from France’s main business council MEDEF on Monday, and Le Pen met the country’s richest man Bernard Arnault and other top CEOs. at dinner in Paris earlier this month.
However, business leaders are not yet victorious. According to the executive of one of Arnault’s dinner attendees, the meeting was not an opportunity to “relax” Le Pen but to exchange ideas.
Prior to this business-friendly approach, National Rally often had an inconsistent and sometimes controversial economic agenda. It changed by withdrawing from the eurozone and repeatedly voted against austerity measures during the 2026 budget debates while maintaining that it wanted to reduce the government deficit.
But with this current push, the party joins a trend in conservative European circles that seeks to reform laws and regulations in a bid to boost the EU’s economy.
Members of the team preparing to cut the ribbon include recently appointed National Rally consultant François Durvye. Durvye worked before Pierre-Edouard Sterina billionaire using his fortune to push his liberal, socially conservative agenda in France.
