The proposal will be on the menu of a "niche" on January 13, the last of the legislature dedicated to the group chaired by Mathilde Panot, with eight other texts, in particular on the legalization of cannabis, the withdrawal of France from NATO, the nationalization of highways and the abrogation of the health emergency regime.
However, they are unlikely to be adopted by the Assembly.
The presidential election, three months after this parliamentary meeting, can be "the opportunity to break with a system of misfortune" by the election of the LFI candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, argued Ms. Panot at a press conference Wednesday.
The question of a price freeze has arisen acutely for the rebels with the increase in energy prices this fall.
The government responded in particular with an "inflation allowance" of 100 euros for 38 million French people, a freeze on the increase in the price of gas and a limitation of that of the electricity tariff.
Insufficient according to LFI deputies, who note that the executive "has not at all called into question the liberalization of the energy market".
Thus, "to maintain purchasing power" and "fight against insecurity", they "propose to block the price of energy (gas, electricity, fuel) and five seasonal fruits and vegetables".
"It is quite simple to implement" and "it is not the Soviet Union", assured its author Ugo Bernalicis, who wants to attack intermediaries and their profit margins.
This would involve an extension of the cases where price freezing is possible: "social emergency" would be added to situations of "crisis", "exceptional circumstances" and "public calamities".
In addition, the LFI deputies recommend extending to France an existing system overseas and in particular to regulate the price of fuel.
“The device itself works well” but the price remains too high, pointed out Mr. Bernalicis, in the midst of a social crisis in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
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