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3:01 p.m. : Increasing bills, inflation… Since the LFI summer school in the Drôme, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has promised a “general battle” in September. Gathered in a seminar in Metz, the executives of the majority respond to wanting “see the long term”.
2:48 p.m. : ➡️ On purchasing power??️ “The State cannot, on its own, cancel the effects of inflation on the portfolio of the French. We also need companies.” Gabriel Attal (@GabrielAttal) in #LeGrandJury ? @LeGrandJury @DamienFleurot
2:47 p.m. : The Minister for Action and Public Accounts calls on companies to “to act for the purchasing power of the French”, particularly via remuneration, in the face of the inflation that is affecting France. Gabriel Attal was the guest of the “Grand Jury” of RTL, LCI and Le Figarothis noon.
2:31 p.m. : Announcements, clarifications and some figures. In an interview with the newspaper The Parisian, Elisabeth Borne presented the paths of her government for the start of the school year. We summarize the main points for you.
(XOSE BOUZAS / HANS LUCAS / AFP)
2:28 p.m. : “So far we have not had to ask ourselves the question of access to raw materials. (…) The question of access to essential goods has never been posed in such acute terms as this summer.”
“We need to understand that the world has changed”said Olivier Véran, questioned by BFMT TV on Emmanuel Macron’s statement on the “end of abundance”. He cited in particular the difficulties of access to “the mustard”or the prices of “petrol, diesel” and “frozen meat”.
2:05 p.m. : 2 p.m. and dust, here is a new reminder of the titles:
• Should we tax the super profits made by certain companies, in this context of inflation? “I’m not closing the door”responds the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne.
• Floods have claimed 119 lives in Pakistan in 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 1,033 since June, according to local authorities. More than 33 million inhabitants were affected by the bad weather.
• SOS Doctors Mulhouse announces to suspend its activities until tomorrow morning, after the aggression of a doctor during a home visit. The patient’s companion injured him in the thigh, accusing him of having taken too long to arrive.
2:02 p.m. : Hello . I believe that you are confusing the RIC, citizens’ initiative referendum (a campaign promise by certain former presidential candidates, such as Jean-Luc Mélenchon), and the RIP, shared initiative referendum. As explained by Public Sénat, the latter has existed since 2008 and “allows the organization of a referendum on the initiative of one fifth of the members of Parliament, i.e. 185 deputies and/or senators, and one tenth of the electorate, i.e. 4.5 million signatures”.
2:02 p.m. : A RIP initiated by a political party!? Is there not a problem?
1:43 p.m. : “The proposal of the first secretary of the PS, we do not reject it. It interests us, because the PS which is in the process of reconfiguring interests us as a partner.”
2:15 p.m. : Jean-Luc Mélenchon declared himself in favor of the proposal of the first secretary of the PS of a referendum of shared initiative (RIP) on the taxation of superprofits. “If the group accepts a referendum motion, all ‘rebellious’ will mobilize to gather the 4.5 million votes” necessary, he said during the LFI universities.
1:27 p.m. : Elisabeth Borne said “don’t close the door” to a tax on the superprofits of companies, in this context of inflation. The Insoumis, gathered during the party’s summer universities, “wary” and are awaiting details on the executive’s plans.
1:20 p.m. : Asked about the trail of a taxation of the superprofits of large groups, the vice-president of the Republicans, Gilles Platret, judges the idea “legit”. “When companies release insolent margins at a time when the people are suffering, it must be there is a tax. In times of crisis, you have to know how to take your responsibilities”he believes.
1:20 p.m. : It’s noon, we rewind the news of this morning:
• Should we tax the super profits made by certain companies, in this context of inflation? “I’m not closing the door”responds the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne.
• Floods have claimed 119 lives in Pakistan in 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 1,033 since June, according to local authorities. More than 33 million inhabitants were affected by the bad weather.
• Two American warships passed through the Taiwan Strait, Washington announced. This is a first since Chinese maneuvers near the island.
• SOS Doctors Mulhouse announces to suspend its activities until tomorrow morning, after the aggression of a doctor during a home visit. The patient’s companion injured him in the thigh, accusing him of having taken too long to arrive.
1:21 p.m. : This is an idea that has come to the fore in the political debate: should the superprofits made by certain companies be taxed in a context of inflation? “I’m not closing the door”says the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, in an interview with the Parisian. But this track is not favored by the head of government.
10:06 : Finally, The Parisian publishes this morning, in its paper edition, the interview with the Prime Minister posted online last night. Elisabeth Borne announces the creation of a “green fund” endowed with 1.5 billion euros, intended to help local authorities fight against climate change.
(THE PARISIAN)