“We sometimes see a Lépine competition for additional expenditure”, judge Franck Riester
Franck Riester, minister delegate in charge of relations with Parliament and president of the Agir party, was questioned about France Inter. “What is the philosophy of the text on purchasing power? »asked the journalist Jérôme Cadet. “It is to protect our compatriots from the consequences of inflation – inflation, which is linked both to the disruption of a number of supply chains due to the Covid crisis and the war in Ukraine which obviously created a major problem of energy supply and increased energy costs”said Mr. Riester.
The latter considers that, for all that, the government “didn’t wait for this bill” to put in place measures that compensate for inflation. He specifies : “I still recall the energy shield with this shield on gas, the 4% cap on the increase in electricity, a certain number of allowances and checks which have already been paid to our compatriots since the end of last year to support them in the face of the inflationary crisis”. “These 20 billion euros mobilized, it is the increase in pensions, it is the increase in social benefits, it is the ceiling on the increase in rents, it is the fact of increasing the officials index point »he defended.
“We have 20 billion [de budget pour le projet de loi sur le pouvoir d’achat]we do not want the parliamentary discussion to burden this budget too much, since you understand that we sometimes see a Lépine competition for additional expenditure”judged the minister. “It makes sense, it’s part of the parliamentary game. Except that on a budget text, in a certain way, well, each time there is a new proposal to vote, it is an additional expense. You have to be reasonable because you have to contain the deficits”said Mr. Riester.
The Minister was also questioned about the case of Caroline Cayeux, the Minister of Territorial Communities, after the publication of a column published yesterday in The JDD denouncing the “homophobic remarks” which she held. Among the hundred signatories are personalities of the presidential majority, such as the deputies of the majority Joël Giraud, David Valence, Raphaël Gérard, Quentin Bataillon.
“It’s not up to me to define the government team”he started by saying, before estimating that“She made remarks, at the time of the debate on marriage for all, that were unacceptable. There, she had awkward words that hurt to try to explain her comments at the time. And since then, she has apologized several times.. “I think it was important to do this and I think she is part of a government and a progressive majority that supports the rights of LGBT people”he said.