French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal delivered his general policy declaration to the National Assembly (archives). © KEYSTONE/AP/Michel Euler
Published on 01/30/2024
“Unlock, demicardize, debureaucratize”. Gabriel Attal promised on Tuesday a reform of low wages for the middle classes in the name of work, and defended before deputies a “French agricultural exception” in the midst of farmers’ revolt.
Even before the Prime Minister spoke, the left-wing groups LFI, socialists, Greens and communists tabled a motion of censure, presented as a “motion of no confidence” against the Prime Minister whom they accuse of not seeking support. “vote of confidence”.
“Our agriculture is our strength, and our pride too. So I say it here solemnly: there must be a French agricultural exception,” declared Gabriel Attal in his general policy declaration, delivered at a time when tractors were blocking the roads around of Paris, saying he was “lucid in the face of the stacking of standards”.
Addressing the middle classes, he wanted to “de-microcardiate France” by reforming low wages from the next budget in the fall, and continue “to lower the charges that weigh” on them.
He assured that his door “remained open” to oppositions to build compromises, in a situation of relative majority.