Elected to the National Assembly, the former chief of staff of Nicolas Dupont-Aignan appears to be a credible candidate for the post of Minister of the Economy in the event of a victory for the National Rally (RN) in the next legislative elections.
While the National Rally (RN) is currently leading the polls ahead of the early legislative elections on June 30 and July 7, the question of the composition of a hypothetical Jordan Bardella government arises. In the event of the party’s victory in the legislative vote and the formation of an RN government, the appointment of deputy Jean-Philippe Tanguy as Minister of the Economy could arise. Indeed, if no name has been officially communicated, that of the deputy for the 4th constituency of the Somme could be invited into the debate.
Deputy President of the RN group in the National Assembly
The “shadow cabinet” strategy, a common practice in the English Parliament, pushing the main opposition party to set up a sort of parallel and unofficial government with its most influential elected officials, seems to have borne fruit. Several names of elected representatives of the National Rally considered ministerial are circulating while the hypothesis of a Bardella government must be considered in view of the results of the polls on the legislative elections.
For the Ministry of the Economy, one name seems to hold the string, that of the RN deputy Jean-Philippe Tanguy. First parliamentary assistant to Nicolas Dupont-Aignan from 2012 to 2020, notably being head of the list of Standing France during the 2015 regional elections in Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, he was then appointed chief of staff of the party leader, and 3rd on the list of Standing France at the 2019 Europeans. In 2020, Jean-Philippe Tanguy joins the National gathering (RN) and joins the lists of candidate Sébastien Chenu. Treasurer for Damien Rieu during the departmental elections in the Somme, he was then elected regional advisor in the same department in 2021. During the 2022 presidential election, he is the deputy campaign director of Marine Le Pen. The following year, he was elected in the 4th constituency of the Somme as a deputy after the legislative elections. Subsequently, he was appointed deputy president of the RN group in the National Assembly.
Former member of the finance committee
The “Mr. Economy of the party”, as the newspaper nicknames him The echoes, could well be entrusted with the eponymous ministry. With a central objective: to give credibility to the RN’s economic program which remains vague. For the Circle of Economists, the latter’s project appears to be “unrealistic, ineffective and fallacious”. In dire need of big fish and experts in the field, the National Rally could therefore be tempted to entrust the position to Jean-Philippe Tanguy, former member of the Finance Committee, with a technical profile, graduate of ESSEC and from Sciences Po Paris.
At 38, the native of Boulogne-sur-Mer appears to be more liberal than usual on the far right of the French hemicycle. On the other hand, the party’s recent promises such as the revival of wages and the reduction in VAT have failed. Indeed, the president of the RN, Jordan Bardella, had announced the immediate reduction of VAT on fuel, electricity, gas and fuel oil to restore the purchasing power of the French if he became Prime Minister. While this reduction can only take place after a decree signed by the Head of State, the head of the National Rally has made an express backpedal on the abolition of VAT on essential products. She will intervene in “a second phase”.
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In the National Assembly, Jean-Philippe Tanguy sat, until the dissolution of Emmanuel Macron, as a deputy since his election in 2022. He participated in particular in the committee on finance, general economy and budgetary control. Enough to give him arguments for a hypothetical appointment to Bercy in the event of a victory for the RN in the next legislative elections.
Recently, he made a proposal in favor of the purchasing power of the French such as the exemption of municipalities with less than 2,000 inhabitants, non-profit associations, educational establishments, small businesses and other public places located in the municipalities of less than 3,500 inhabitants, the royalty due to the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers and to regulate the commercial practices of the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers. In 2022, it also proposed to encourage and encourage companies to increase net salaries by 10% or even adopt the necessary measures to regain control of the formation of electricity and gas prices in France. On June 11, the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry warned of “the bill for Marine Le Pen’s Marxist program” of which Jean-Philippe Tanguy could be the guarantor if he were to occupy the position of minister. Enough to fuel the column before the next legislative elections.