“Democratic coup”, increase in minimum wage… Mathilde Panot’s “8h30 franceinfo”

The president of the La France insoumise group in the National Assembly was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Thursday July 11, 2024.

Mathilde Panot, the president of the LFI group in the Assembly and NFP deputy for Val-de-Marne was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Thursday July 11, 2024. Letter to the French from Emmanuel Macron, NFP program… She answered questions from Agathe Lambret and Jérôme Chapuis.

Mathilde Panot denounces “a democratic and presidential coup”

The Val-de-Marne MP denounced “a democratic and presidential coup that denies the result of the ballot boxes since the New Popular Front coalition came out on top in the second round of the legislative elections”.

In a letter published on the France Bleu website and in the regional daily press, Emmanuel Macron urged the parties to give themselves “a little time” to agree on “some great principles for the country” and of “building a solid majority” around “clear republican values”. At the end of these discussions, the Head of State indicated that he “will decide on the appointment of the Prime Minister”. “This is a letter of rupture with democracy and republican institutions”responds the president of the LFI group in the Assembly.

Minimum wage at 1,600 euros and “an equalization fund”, suggests Mathilde Panot

The New Popular Front’s program plans to increase the minimum wage by 200 euros, to bring it to 1,600 euros, recalls Mathilde Panot. The MP explains how this is possible. “We are proposing an equalization fund that allows large companies to help small companies, and in particular by redirecting the more than 200 billion euros of public aid to companies that are given each year without any compensation.”she explains.

This measure has raised concerns among the governor of the Bank of France, François Villeroy de Galhau. “I believe that in economic competition, our SMEs, our businesses cannot be weighed down by excessive salary costs, including the minimum wage, and by excessively high taxes.”he judges. “It would be very bad for employment right away, and very bad for purchasing power in the long term.”hammers home the head of the Bank of France.

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