Contribute less to earn more. At a meeting in Lille, Eric Zemmour discussed at length, Saturday, February 5, issues related to purchasing power, proposing to reduce taxes and social security contributions to increase income. The far-right candidate notably castigated “assistantship” from “social support”, promising employees to “the working France” a “zero charge premium” at the discretion of employers.
In “middle class” and “the popular classes”, “we hate assistantship” hammered the former columnist, neck and neck with Marine Le Pen in the polls. “When we get up every morning to go to work”, “we do not accept that the neighbor lives better than us thanks to social assistance without the need to work”, he insisted in front of some 6,000 supporters.
To put “end to the scandal of too low wages”, Eric Zemmour offers a “zero charge premium”, with “zero tax and zero Urssaf”. This premium may represent “up to 3 months of net salary. A 13th, a 14th or even a 15th month without charge”, he said, without quantifying his measurements.
The device is reminiscent of the exceptional purchasing power bonus (PEPA), known as the “Macron bonus”, a measure created in 2019 and renewed since. Nearly 4 million employees received this bonus last year, with an average payment of 506 euros. “If the ‘Macron bonus’ without charge or taxes, voted during the Covid was a good thing, then why limit it to this point? Why limit this bonus to [un plafond de] 1,000 euros for most companies? wondered Eric Zemmour.
The candidate whistled Emmanuel Macron, whom he accuses of “ruin” France suddenly “wasted money”. He castigated “immigration splurge”, but also the cost of public broadcasting, of which he wants to privatize the main channels. He also criticizes the public channels for their “immigrationist, woke and decolonial propaganda”.