While more than 200 foreign bosses gathered on Monday at the Palace of Versailles for the sixth edition of the “Choose France” summit, the LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis, Éric Coquerel, believes that he should pay attention “to words and as announced.”
“It is above all an effect of announcements, we hear a whole propaganda”, denounces, Monday 15 but on franceinfo Éric Coquerel, LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis, after the “Choose France” summit at the Palace of Versailles. This meeting brought together more than 200 foreign bosses while Emmanuel Macron announced 13 billion euros in investments with 8,000 jobs at stake.
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However, according to Éric Coquerel, “What is going in the right direction is that Emmanuel Macron, who in the past believed that there should be no more industries in the country, now considers it important”.
“These are announcements”, insists, however, the chairman of the finance committee of the National Assembly. “Beware of words and what is announced”.
“We continue to cut industrial jobs in this country”
Éric Coquerel, LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denisat franceinfo
Éric Coquerel denounces “social and fiscal dumping. France is trying to align itself and make ever greater tax gifts”, with “unconditional aid to businesses”.
Do not align with “the lowest social and tax bidder”
Emmanuel Macron during a trip to Dunkirk in the North on Friday announced 5.2 billion euros of investment for a gigafactory of new generation batteries from Taiwanese ProLogium with the creation of 3,000 jobs.
Éric Coquerel bounces on this example to denounce unrequited aid because “out of the five billion euros that are invested, there will be more than 1.5 billion euros in unconditional state aid, I’m not sure this is the best solution”because “I think above all that we need protectionism to ensure that our companies are secure, instead of being open to everything in a market on which we align ourselves with the lowest social and fiscal offer”.
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