LIVE - François Bayrou's Budget: RN and LFI brandish censorship
- François Bayrou presented a package of drastic measures at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to reduce the public deficit and achieve savings of €43.8 billion by 2026. All of these proposals are still to be debated in Parliament this autumn, as part of the vote on the draft finance bill.
- The Prime Minister has notably put on the table the elimination of two public holidays (Easter Monday and May 8), a "blank year" on social benefits and the doubling of the deductible on the reimbursement of medicines.
- In response, the opposition immediately threatened to censure the Bayrou government, in particular the RN , which had until now refused to vote for his fall after precipitating that of Michel Barnier.
- You can find the main text of François Bayrou's speech on Tuesday here .
The CGT is calling for a rally. The CGT is calling on "all workers who are shocked by these announcements to unionize and organize within their companies so that together we can mobilize at the start of the school year." This was stated by the union's general secretary, Sophie Binet, on RTL regarding François Bayrou's budgetary decisions, which target employees in many ways. "We will debate within the CGT and with other union organizations how to defeat the government," explains Sophie Binet, denouncing—among other things—the elimination of two public holidays, the prospect of a law to "simplify" business life, and the freezing of benefits.
Cécile Duflot castigates a "paternalistic" and "contemptuous" approach. Speaking to France Info this Wednesday morning, former Housing Minister and director of Oxfam France, Cécile Duflot, strongly criticized the budgetary guidelines presented the day before to the Assembly by François Bayrou, describing them as "unfair and very guilt-inducing" for "the entire population." "It's not public spending that has exploded, it's revenues" that have fallen, she insisted, denouncing a "paternalistic" and "contemptuous" approach on the part of the Prime Minister, and recalling that poverty has now reached a level not seen in thirty years, a finding supported by data collected by her NGO since 2017. "The freeze on social benefits provided for in the budget risks increasing" precariousness further, she warned, also regretting the Senate's rejection of the Zucman tax on the assets of the ultra-rich.
The Minister of Labor announces a "contribution" from businesses. This provides a clearer picture of how the government intends to raise €4.2 billion in revenue by eliminating two public holidays. This measure, if implemented, will result in a " contribution " from businesses, announced the Minister of Labor, Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, on TF1's morning show. The details "will be finalized in the coming weeks," Matignon specified. Currently, the solidarity day, established in 2004, results in a contribution from businesses equivalent to 0.3% of their payroll, which directly contributes to the autonomy branch. This would represent nearly €2.4 billion by 2024. Some employers, particularly in very small and small businesses, may be unfavorable to the prospect of seeing this levy increase.
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