Éric Ciotti, the current leader of the Union of the Republican Right (UDR) and ally of the National Rally (RN), has unveiled a new program for cutting public spending.

Ciotti's plan, inspired by figures like former U.S. President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei, includes a series of measures targeting France's administrative structure and financial outlays.

Ciotti's proposals include the consolidation of local governmental entities into 'two levels of collectives,' comprising local communes and newly designated provinces.

These provinces would replace existing departments, regions, and metropolitan areas, each overseen by a single prefect to streamline their operations.

This restructuring aims to eliminate regional health agencies and educational authorities known as 'rectorats.'

The program aligns with the ultraliberal stance of reducing state intervention.

It outlines the elimination of 100,000 regulatory norms within five years, including scrapping the principle of precaution, laws on social housing such as the SRU, and environmental policies like 'zero artificialisation nette' zones and low-emission areas.

Moreover, Ciotti proposes halting energy performance diagnostics (DPE) for housing.

A significant part of Ciotti's plan includes reducing government infrastructure by cutting the number of ministries to 10, decreasing the state's real estate holdings by 30%, and halving budgets for international development aid and public broadcasting.

Aligned with some elements of the National Rally's platform, Ciotti announced plans to eliminate 100 government agencies, indicating shared objectives with the RN regarding the reduction of public spending and production taxes, despite acknowledging ongoing differences in areas such as pension policy.

According to his office, Ciotti's program aims to decrease public expenditure by 120 billion euros within a year, with projected economic growth benefits estimated at 4%.