France: the purchasing power bill, not ambitious enough for the opposition
Illustrative image: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne addresses deputies during her "declaration of general policy" to launch the legislative session at the National Assembly in Paris, July 6, 2022. AFP - BERTRAND GUAY
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The purchasing power bill arrived in the National Assembly on Monday, July 18.
First real crash test for the government with a completely recomposed Assembly and oppositions which already criticize the policy of checks and bonuses proposed by the bill, chosen at the expense of permanent measures.
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Twenty billion euros put on the table by the government to improve the purchasing power of the French.
Not enough for the oppositions who believe that this bill is not ambitious enough in the long term.
For Laure Lavalette, RN deputy, the proposals do not meet the needs: “
The French do not want the alms of checks and bonuses, it is not enough.
What is needed is, in a structural way, to manage to have lasting reforms.
»
Everyone has their own angle of attack for criticizing this bill.
At Les Républicains, we assure that each measure will be judged on a case-by-case basis, but always through the prism of work value.
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Fuel check, back-to-school check, always for the same.
By leaving out a large part of the middle classes and those who work
, ”denounces Fabien di Filippo, LR deputy.
Difficult for all that to completely oppose a law aimed at improving the purchasing power of the French.
So for the rebellious Adrien Quatennens, it is the very financing of this bill that needs to be reviewed: "
Not only is it not enough, but the general logic of this text in fact still circumvents the essential what needs to be done: increase wages, better share the value produced and Mr. Macron, does absolutely everything except that.
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At the podium, the Minister of Finance, Bruno Le Maire, replied to the opposition that compromises cannot be bought with billions of euros.
A way of signifying the end of "whatever the cost" and that controlling the debt is now one of the government's priorities.
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