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Pascal Delacour is 52 years old and works as a fisherman in the Channel. He wants better remuneration for his work, despite the difficulties caused by Brexit.
A fisherman in Granville (Manche), Pascal Delacour, 52, went scallop fishing that day. He explains that with low tide, “we’re stuck for at least 8 hours, we can’t go back. Once you’re gone, you’re gone“Brexit has changed a lot of things for him.”When the Minister, Ms. Girardin, comes to the ports saying ‘we’re going to give you money to break up your businesses, and you’ll change jobs’, I find that so scandalous. Do you call that negotiation? Do you get paid to change jobs?“
Pascal Delacour, who defines himself as being of center-right, wants “create a social divide between those who work and those who do not work” by raising wages. Those employees who do not intend to vote in the presidential election? He understands them:when we talk about extending the retirement age (…), being fishing at 55… Do you see the conditions? When you worked 38 years in there, you are rinsed. A fisherman does not live very long after his retirement.“
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