Increase in the minimum wage and pensions, revaluation of wages, blocking of the prices of basic necessities, control of rents: the New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) presented its emergency plan for purchasing power on Wednesday May 25. . “It’s a legal Robin Hood operation”explained the national secretary of EELV Julien Bayou.
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In front of “an explosion in the prices of everything that is important in everyday life”, “the government has no idea how to deal with the situation”denounced the leader of the rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon, during a press conference organized with several representatives of the new left-wing coalition, created for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19.
“The central idea is to make inflation pay for profits rather than wages, and to avoid the contamination of inflation from one sector to another”especially in “price freeze”, explained the rebellious tribune, who hopes to become Prime Minister if the Nupes obtains the majority at the end of the ballot. All the measures of this plan are financed, via “a better distribution of wealth”assured Julien Bayou.
For example, the revaluation of the index point for civil servants, evaluated at 12 billion euros, is “equivalent to the restoration of a reinforced ISF”and the increase in small pensions (25 billion) will be offset by “social security contributions of income now exempt (dividends, share buybacks, profit-sharing, etc.)”.
“Our objective is to increase the income of the French”, added Ian Brossat, number 2 of the PCF. “We will not raise France with poorly paid French people” and with “completely drained purchasing power”. The Nupes thus plans, by decree, to bring the minimum wage to 1,500 euros net and to increase the index point for civil servants by 10%.