Paris (AFP)

Boris Vallaud, spokesman for the PS, says that the government's stimulus plan, which will be presented on August 25 in the Council of Ministers, arrives "too late", in an interview with the Journal du dimanche, dated August 2.

"The recovery plan is long overdue: at the end of August, it is too late! Every lost day increases the divide," said the deputy for Landes.

"Whole sectors are waiting for measures, social plans are multiplying and tens of thousands of SMEs will have difficulty repaying their PGE (loan guaranteed by the State). In this context, the fight against poverty and exclusion should be a priority, and yet the Secretary of State dedicated to it has disappeared ", he laments.

According to him, even if it is "still a little too early to draw conclusions", Prime Minister Jean Castex, "despite all the energy he has shown, is managing the crisis from day to day. He is not not in anticipation ".

"The question is whether Castex represents more than a style: a line. That of the President, in any case, has been clarified by the reshuffle, which places the bulk of the responsibilities in the hands of right-wing ministers to lead a right-wing politics, ”he says.

The spokesman for the PS recalls that his party made, "as of June 9, 45 rebound proposals: social measures and in favor of employment for the victims of the crisis, sectorial revivals in the building industry, transport or industry, increased support for businesses, massive investments in ecological transition ".

"For example, we are offering a + climate bonus: zero remains chargeable on energy performance work, means-tested subsidies, reimbursement deferred over time. We also propose to launch a new entrepreneurial spirit, with increased participation of employees on the board of directors and the limitation of salary gaps. We have also proposed the creation of an individual emancipation allowance for all young people, because student precariousness is a time bomb ".

"The responses given today to the crisis depend on the face of the France of tomorrow," he also affirms.

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