In view of the second round of the legislative elections this Sunday, June 19, the two finalist candidates in the 6th constituency of Isère (Bourgoin-Jallieu-Crémieu-Morestel) debated this Thursday on France Bleu Isère. In the first round, Alexis Jolly, the Isérois leader of the RN won 29.98% of the vote against 26.17% for the outgoing deputy of the presidential majorityCendra Motin.
Public transport – in particular the extension of the Lyon tram to Crémieux. How to boost public transport?
Cendra Motin: This is a subject that is extremely significant in this part of the constituency and on which, alas, local politicians and local elected officials have failed to find a solution for 20 years. For a long time, competence over transport was before a departmental competence, which was complicated since you have to go from the Isère department to the Rhône department to make this junction. Today, it is a regional competence and finally we have an alignment of planets and local elected officials on the subject. So from there, there is a consensus to find a solution, finally. For my part, I made sure that the State will be a co-financier, since it takes 130 million euros of investment to make a tram between Meyzieu and Crémieux. This arrangement is necessary for people who work, for students as well. And they need to quickly because tomorrow Lyon goes into a low emission zone and all cars will no longer be able to enter the metropolis.
Alexis Jolly: At the RN, we support all projects that aim to develop soft mobility, particularly in the rail sector. Because it must be remembered that many small stations closed during the Macron five-year term. And regarding this project, I am committed to supporting it. But what the inhabitants of this constituency claim above all to use their car. But today, many are prevented because of fuel prices.
Purchasing power – gasoline prices
Alexis Jolly: My first priority is to lower the VAT on energy goods, on fuel, on electricity, on gas. Because the French can’t take it anymore. Prices have reached unbelievably high levels. Yesterday I filled up, with diesel, we were at €2.05 per litre. We looked at each other with a gentleman, we said to ourselves “it’s not possible, how far is it going to go?”. In September, the €0.18 reduction, government rebate will stop. Fuel prices are likely to rise further. And this gentleman told me “I can’t. I have to choose between filling up or not eating at the end of the month”. Here we are, Madame Motin! But what do you finally offer?
Cendra Motin: What I did, Mr. Jolly, was that I voted for the text for the tariff shield. I voted to stop the increase in gas which could have been multiplied by six. I voted to stop the increase in electricity, I voted the rebate of €0.18 per liter of petrol, I voted to lower one of the taxes on fuel by 20 to 5%. All that, I voted for. Unlike the deputies of the National Rally, who once again were not there as usual. So, not only did I vote for something to protect the French, but on top of that, for the past two years, I have supported a bill to generalize the sharing of value in companies. So ensure that when a company makes a profit, employees can also benefit from it and benefit from this sharing of wealth in a much broader way.
Question from the readers of Dauphiné Libéré (Vincent Prodhomme): A question about the future photovoltaic park in Superphénix: EDF has chosen solar panels from China rather than from Isérois Photowatt. How to promote French, local companies?
Cendra Motin: This problem is not new. Neither on Photowatt, alas, nor on the solar industry in France. She is in great difficulty. It was broken in 2010 by the government of the time of Nicolas Sarkozy, which however asked to keep Photowatt in the lap of France and EDF, main shareholder. Simply, EDF has never had an industrial project for Photowatt and as a result, this company has been slowly declining for twelve years. She lost part of the production she was doing in France since today she assembles panels from elsewhere. You need a real industrial project for Photowatt, which today EDF does not have. And that’s the whole problem. Today there is a new consortium of buyers who have an industrial project. We have to see how we can support them and how EDF can also support them so that Photowatt can once again become an important player in the manufacture of solar panels since we need to regain our sovereignty from this point of view. And then there is real work to be done also at European level to change the rules for calls for tenders, with in particular the carbon tax at the borders which will soon see the light of day so that Chinese solar panels are at a disadvantage in the European market. and that our European productions are favored because they are indeed more respectful of the environment.
Alexis Jolly: Me, what I regret is the economic model that we have, that the European Union has imposed on us and that the right, the left, that Emmanuel Macron defends and that Mrs Mottin also defends daily in the National Assembly . Because all this prevents us today from common sense measures such as economic patriotism. It is all the same supernatural today to see a construction site carried out 20 or 30 kilometers as the crow flies from the Photowatt company having the rug pulled out from under it by Chinese companies. Because the rules of the European Union prevent any form of economic patriotism or intelligent protectionism for companies. And because it does not fit into the logic of free competition imposed by Emmanuel Macron and Cendra Motin.