法国极右翼总统候选人玛丽娜·勒庞周二表示，如果明年当选，她将在2032年前实现1400亿欧元（1570亿美元）的财政节约。她警告称，若不做出改变，法国将“面临债务违约的风险”。
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that she would implement 140 billion euros ($157 billion) in cost savings by 2032 if elected next year, warning that without change France was "heading towards default" on its debt.
作为目前总统选举中的领先者，勒庞发布这一声明旨在树立自身在经济领域的公信力。此前，她的核心盟友乔丹·巴尔代拉被指控发表过反犹太言论，尽管他予以否认，但这一事件还是对勒庞的选情造成了一定影响。
Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella presenting their 'counterbudget' plan to tackle France's debt load © MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP The current frontrunner in the presidential race made the announcement in a bid to stake out her credibility on the economy and regain momentum after her top ally Jordan Bardella was accused of making antisemitic comments, which he has denied.
勒庞还承诺，到2030年将法国的公共赤字水平降至欧盟规定的国内生产总值3%的限额以下，同时呼吁欧洲央行“减轻利率带来的负担”。
Le Pen also vowed to bring France's public deficit back to below the EU limit of three percent of GDP by 2030, while urging the European Central Bank to "ease the burden" of interest rates.
去年，法国的财政赤字——即年度收支缺口——占国内生产总值的比例达5.1%。原本政府计划降低这一比例，但如今预计今年该数值将升至5.4%。
France's deficit -- the annual shortfall of revenue to spending -- came in at 5.1 percent of GDP last year, and instead of reducing that level as originally planned the government now forecasts it will hit 5.4 percent this year.
法国政府计划于2027年举债3400亿欧元（3850亿美元），这一数额比今年多出约280亿欧元，用于支付各项开支及偿还到期债务。
It plans to borrow 340 billion euros ($385 billion) in 2027, around 28 billion euros more than this year, to help finance government spending and repay debt coming due.
然而，近期不断上升的利率可能危及这些预测。近几周来，法国国债收益率持续飙升。
But those forecasts could be jeopardised by rising interest rates, which have seen France's government bond yields soar in recent weeks.
“如果法国民众不选择政治上的变革，国家就将走向违约。”勒庞说道。
"If the French do not choose a political break, France is heading towards default," Le Pen said.
她严厉批评了埃马纽埃尔·马克龙总统领导的多届政府，指责其“未能制定任何能够避免法国被利息负担压垮的经济、金融或预算政策”。
She slammed the successive governments of President Emmanuel Macron for failing "to anticipate the slightest economic, financial or budgetary policy capable of preventing the noose of interest payments from strangling France".
勒庞还感慨道：“我们的生产率已远远落后于美国，而科研投入也未能让我们在这场激烈的技术竞争中获得任何竞争优势。”
Le Pen also lamented that "productivity has completely fallen behind that of the United States, and our research spending is incapable of giving us the slightest comparative advantage in the technological battle that is raging".
她还重申了自己的提议：通过全民公投来确立预算“黄金法则”，强制要求每年减少债务规模。
She also reaffirmed her proposal to introduce via referendum a budget "golden rule" to oblige an annual reduction in debt.
不过，勒庞必须设法大幅削减开支，因为她还打算将退休年龄降至62岁，甚至60岁。
But Le Pen will have to find areas to make significant cost savings, given she also wants to lower the retirement age to 62, or even 60.
她承诺，通过纠正现行养老金制度中那些“效率低下且不公平”的举措，仅在该领域就能节省150亿至200亿欧元。
She promised cost savings of 15-20 billion euros within pensions alone by correcting "inefficient and unfair" measures in the current system.
上周的一项民调显示，勒庞不仅有望在明年4月的总统选举首轮投票中轻松胜出，即便进入第二轮面对任何对手也胜算很大。
A poll last week showed Le Pen was on course to easily win not just the first round of the presidential elections next April, but also the second round against any challenger.
然而，上周有指控称巴尔德拉曾在2013年通过脸书即时通讯工具发表过反犹太言论，这对她的竞选活动造成了打击。不过她已明确表示，自己依然完全信任巴尔德拉。
But the accusations last week that Bardella made antisemitic comments on Facebook messenger in 2013 dealt a blow to her campaign. She has made clear she still has full confidence in Bardella.