Lille (AFP)
PS Mayor of Lille Martine Aubry called on Thursday to "bring solidarity as an essential value" of the policies to be followed after the Covid-19 epidemic, pleading for "not to forget those who make the country work today", in particular low wages.
In "the world after" the epidemic, I hope "that we will not forget what we said (...) to those who today run the country," said Martine Aubry on France 5, quoting "the nurses, the nursing assistants, the people who collect our garbage, the cashiers, all these people who are at the bottom of the remunerations and whose contribution we have seen to our society".
"Let us think, (...) through fiscal policy, the primary income distribution policy, how to ensure that we recognize them for this essential role which is theirs," she continued.
During this crisis, "solidarity, we saw it everywhere": "I saw the restaurateurs, the Lille people come to make masks, bring meals to the caregivers, take care of the homeless", was delighted the former patron saint of the PS, pleading for "that this solidarity we do not lose, that we carry it as an essential value for our society".
Aubry also reiterated her opposition to the unemployment benefit and pension reforms planned by the government before the crisis.
"They are completely contradictory to what we have to do today. Everyone says" take care of others ", that means for the State (...) to have general protection rules but also to be able to take take into account the particular situations: the arduousness, the women who worked part-time, "she said.
"The next world is first to succeed in economic recovery, not as we did after the banking crisis, not by reducing debt and deficit as the essential element! (...) At some point, we must be able to accept this debt for some time to avoid tomorrow having more unemployed, "said Ms. Aubry, calling for" an ecological revival with Europe ".
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