He told Le Monde: “I don’t agree with those who say that (Mr Macron) is the ‘president of the rich’ because I don’t agree with those exact words. That said, I think that Mr Macron’s annual budget is unnecessarily unfair.
“Why did he choose to increase the CSG (general social contribution) tax and slash the purchasing power of pensioners? It wasn’t necessary and doesn’t make sense. They didn’t really think things through. Myself and other right-wing MPs will be voting against the proposed budget.”
The hardline MP added that Mr Macron and his team ran France like a business.
He said: “Members of the president’s La République en Marche party seem to think that the country can be run like a company, a startup, when it cannot. They treat the French as they would clients or stakeholders, and not as citizens.”
Mr Woerth also said he “wasn’t convinced” by the president’s first live television interview since taking office in May, which aired on Sunday night.
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He said: “He didn’t convince me. He appeared confused and was constantly on the defensive. Also, whether or not it’s okay for a president to say that protesters are ‘wreaking f***ing havoc’ isn’t something that should be up for debate.
“What he needs to realise is that, as president, you cannot and should not insult the French. Mr Macron’s string of outbursts are being interpreted as contempt for the working class. He lacked sincerity and empathy during the interview. He’s a president who knows how to reform France, but who doesn’t understand the French.”
The conservative, who is a prominent member of the centre-right Les Républicains political party, said that the French right “wasn’t being loud enough” and was struggling to establish itself as the main opposition party.
“Our biggest problem is that Mr Macron is encroaching on our turf,” Mr Woerth said, in a barely veiled reference to widespread claims that the president, a former member of the Socialist party, is more right- than left-wing.