2024-09-22 18:56:21
This is his first speech since announcing his government on Saturday evening. Michel Barnier presented, Sunday September 22 during France 2 television news, the strategy he wants for his governing party, establishing some priorities – especially the recovery of public finances – and hoping to be convinced on other points – with the social and tax issues.
The government: “We are not in harmony”
Asked to respond to criticism of his government, Michel Barnier called for “combination” and the “Fernity”promised that he would “work on it”. To the question: “Who sets the political line of your government? »The Prime Minister said it was not a question of coexistence, “Because the majority of the parliamentary base that will support the government are representatives, senators, many of them have supported, followed, the President of the Republic for seven years and at the same time, there is no majority .”.
“We must be very clear, the president leads and the government manages”added Michel Barnier. “There is no dispute with the mayor, it is the interest of the country,” continued the Prime Minister, who also wished for him “A good, strong spirit of agreement in the National Assembly with the Head of State”.
IVG, PMA: “essential rules” of “social or social progress” will be “fully preserved”
Answer to Gabriel Attal who told the Macronist legislators that he wants to ask Michel Barnier to guarantee ” that there will be no reversal on PMA, abortion rights, LGBT rights, the Prime Minister assured that the “Great Laws” of “Social or social progress” it would be “fully preserved”, “whether it is marriage for all or PMA in the final provisions of 2021”, or even “of the law of Simone’s helmet”.
The Prime Minister added that he would be “A part so that we can maintain all the rights we have taken” in the words of freedom, social progress. There is no negligence”declared the prime minister the day after the presentation of his government which included many conservatives.
Taxes: “I’m not going [les] Weigh in on all the French people »
Start by recalling the context “3,000 billion in debt and 50 billion in interest to pay per year”, the Prime Minister assures that he will not take tax for “The most humble people are not on the working people or on the middle classes”.
But it doesn’t rule out other, more targeted improvements: “I will not exclude the national effort that will be necessary to correct the situation, that the most fortunate people participate. » He will ask the government to “Consider this concerted effort in which the richest must participate.” He also mentioned the possibility that “The country’s largest, well-performing companies, [pourraient] contribute to the national recovery effort. “
Pensions: “I want to trust the social partners to improve this law”
Asked about pension reform, a much-criticized legacy of previous Macronist governments, Michel Barnier said he wanted “money order [soit] saved”, but leave the door open “improvement” of pension reform. “I want to trust the social partners to improve this law”, he announced. “I have always thought that the time spent listening, discussing, consulting, respecting others, is not wasted time,” he confirmed, he remembers that he was at the beginning of the National Commission for Public Debate (CNDP) created thanks to them “Barnier’s Law” since 1995.
Immigration: “Treat this issue with much more rigor”
The Prime Minister thinks we should “treat this immigration case with much more rigor”. “There will be ruptures, more stability and at the same time people”he added, definitely that it was about “line” that you read “follow up” with Bruno Retailleau, the new Minister of the Interior.
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“We will do the necessary things, like all our neighbors, to control and limit immigration which is now unbearable and which also prevents us from welcoming those we welcome to our home”continued the Prime Minister. “There will be no ideology, no sectarianism” he however assured, planning to take action again “Be on good terms with them [nos voisins européens] ».
He opposes everything “taboo or totem”, with on a possible abolition of state medical aid. “I would also like to address a subject that costs a lot of money, which is of course tax fraud, but also social fraud,” he announced.
“Mental health”, “National priority in 2025”
The Prime Minister announced that he wanted to do it “mental health” them “The great cause of the nation” of the year 2025. Psychiatry is going through a serious and persistent crisis in France: a few hospitals, the positions of hospital staff are vacant and the volume of beds is reduced, while that the number of patients has doubled in the last twenty years. The highly anticipated National Refoundation Commission dedicated to mental health was scheduled for this summer but was canceled after the dissolution of the National Assembly, decided by Emmanuel Macron.
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