Paris (AFP)

A few hours before the debate in the hemicycle of the draft budget 2020 Social Security, the LREM deputy Olivier Veran, rapporteur of the text, wished Tuesday "a big commitment of the Minister" Agnès Buzyn in favor of the hospital .

"It is necessary to give back margins to the hospital," he said at a meeting organized by the Association of Journalists of Social Information (Ajis).

The bill provides for an increase in hospital expenditures of 2.1% next year and "it is not a goal that must make people blush", especially because it "guarantees institutions tariff increases for the second year in a row, "he said.

But the emergency strike that began seven months ago is not weakening (267 services mobilized mid-October according to the organizers) and threatens to extend to the entire public hospital, with in focus a "big event" scheduled for Paris on November 14th.

In the parliamentary majority, "there is a sensitivity on this issue," said Mr Veran, fearing the reaction of his group "if the government does not provide an answer in session".

"If it is not ready now, it should at least be presented as imminent," he added.

At this stage, the executive is only preparing an amendment to allow Parliament to vote for a "three-year" health spending target, which would be "a good measure," said the rapporteur for the Sécu budget.

An extension for the hospital would also erase the bad impression created by the non-financial compensation of certain measures "yellow vests" (CSG, overtime) that the State intends to make pay to the Secu.

"The two subjects are not linked, but there is a very strong confusion, people remember that the state stings money at the Secu when the Secu needs money," he said. Explain.

The weekly meeting of the LREM group on Tuesday, in the presence of the Minister of Health was "stormy", according to a parliamentary source, with members on the offensive in defense of emergencies.

The MoDem group has indicated that it will vote for the article providing for non-compensation, because it is "concerned about public finances" and because it wants "also that are made strong commitments" including on the hospital and carers, explained at a press point the MP Nathalie Elimas.

For the hospital, the centrist group thinks in particular of the nursing staff "whose remuneration must be reviewed, whose working conditions must be reviewed".

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