Paris (AFP)

PCF presidential candidate Fabien Roussel on Monday called for mobilisations in front of the prefectures and for a national rally on November 21 in Paris to obtain from the government measures "immediately" to "regain purchasing power".

"From this weekend and in the weeks to come, I call on the Communists to organize meetings in front of the prefectures. Let us challenge the prefects, let us go back to the President of the Republic that anger is roaring!" on franceinfo the deputy of the North, specifying that he would participate on Monday, October 25 in a demonstration in front of the prefecture of Lille.

"We cannot wait for the elections of April and June 2022 for things to change, the French must mobilize now" to protest against the rise in energy prices and the decline in purchasing power, insisted the boss of the PCF.

"It is today the State which is responsible and which can take decisions, the prefects are the representatives of the State, well all the prefects hear the anger of the French and they report it to the president of the Republic ", he pleaded.

"On Sunday November 21, we will organize a large gathering in Paris on the theme of the purchasing power of employment, wages and pensions, Place Stalingrad," he added.

The Communist candidate calls in particular to "lower the price at the pump by 50 cents".

"We can bring the CSG on pensions to zero, we can give a real boost to the minimum wage and there are 30% taxes that we can immediately lower on gas and electricity bills", a- he also listed.

But after the timid return of the "yellow vests" on the roundabouts on Saturday in various places in France, the boss of the PCF denied any attempt to recover this anger.

"They are right to re-mobilize but I will not tell them what to do," he said.

While the government is considering the establishment of a device to cope with the soaring fuel prices, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire said on Monday that "there is still work to be done" to put in place. point a fuel check, adding that he preferred this option to that of a reduction in taxes.

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