Unemployment insurance, taxation, European elections… Clément Beaune’s “8h30 franceinfo”

Clément Beaune, deputy for the 7th district of Paris and spokesperson for Renaissance in the next European elections, was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo”, Sunday March 31, 2024.

The Renaissance deputy of Paris, former Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo” on Sunday March 31. He answered questions from Agathe Lambret and Jean-Rémi Baudot.

European elections: “Some would like to make it a referendum, a revenge, a first round of a national election”

“Some would like to” European elections “a referendum, a revenge, a first round of a national election, this is not the case”, castigates the Paris MP and Renaissance spokesperson for the European elections Clément Beaune, guest of “8h30 de franceinfo”. Asked about the polls which place the National Rally candidates well ahead in France, the former minister replied that a “election is not decided two months in advance”.

Clément Beaune claims to have observed on the ground, in Paris as elsewhere, that “many French people are not aware of the date of the European elections and sometimes even less aware of the issues at stake in this European election”. Like this campaign “is not over, we must fight by recalling our European line and our European project”supports the deputy, adding that this election “will define for five years who our European parliamentarians are who will carry a vision of Europe”.

Macronist MEPs “led by Valérie Hayer were effective” And “useful”, believes Clément Beaune. He also salutes the work of foreign MEPs “democrats, social democrats, Christian democrats of a European center-left and right-wing sensibility” who held “this commitment to reform” And “largely resolved” the problem of social dumping within the European Union, according to him.

“When we talked about European sovereignty in 2017, seven years ago, everyone snickered”, remembers the Renaissance spokesperson for the European elections. According to him, “it was visionary and useful when we see the war today on our doorstep, when we saw the need for Europe to respond to Covid and economic recovery.”

Work stoppages, unemployment insurance reform, menstrual leave

“It’s important to keep” the waiting period for work stoppages “as it is”, supports the Paris deputy Clément Beaune, on franceinfo this Sunday. The government plans to extend the number of waiting days at the start of a work stoppage for private sector employees (currently three), according to information from La Tribune Sundayconfirmed by franceinfo. “This is something we must not return to today.”continues the former minister.

“We are not going to go through the Lépine competition of savings measures every day”annoys Clément Beaune who does not want there to be “every day a kind of trial balloon” to save money and fill France’s public deficit.

Renaissance spokesperson for European elections calls for stay “careful and consistent” for the new unemployment insurance reform announced by Gabriel Attal. “We must keep the philosophy of the unemployment insurance reforms that we ourselves introduced”, underlines the MP who refers to countercyclicality. “When the job market is better, we can be more demanding with job seekers because there are jobs available.” And “when the job market is less good, and today we have a difficult international economic situation, we are more protective”he explains.

Gabriel Attal had announced that he wanted a reduction in the duration of compensation for the unemployed “several months”which would not pass “under 12 months”. Clément Beaune, for his part, affirms that there is a risk of precariousness of the unemployed if we move “towards too harsh parameters”.

Furthermore, the MP said he was in favor of the establishment of menstrual leave which he considers to be “an important step forward”. Article 1 of the bill aimed at establishing it was rejected on Wednesday in the Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly, but Clément Beaune affirms that he will vote for this text which would, according to him, “a great social progress”.

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