Beaten in her constituency of Essonne, the Minister for Ecological Transition will have to leave the government in the coming days.
This is a situation that may seem absurd. Defeated in the second round of the legislative elections in the sixth constituency of Essonne a little over a week ago, the recent Minister for Ecological Transition Amélie de Montchalin must leave her post in the very next few days, as the rule enacted by the President of the Republic. While waiting for the reshuffle which should take place by the beginning of July, she must, like her colleagues, manage day-to-day business. According to information from The Tribune , confirmed at Figaro and put on the agenda of the member of the government, Amélie de Montchalin will receive on Tuesday evening the associations representing tenants in the face of rising rents.
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As of Monday morning, the executive had already taken out the parade in the face of the start of the discontent. On BFMTV, Bruno Le Maire thus confirmed his desire to limit the increase in rents to a maximum of 3.5% and to increase the personalized housing aid, the APL, by 3.5%. A boost and a meeting which are part of a particular context: the talks with the associations, scheduled for last Wednesday, had already been canceled after the defeat of Amélie de Montchalin at the polls. A positive sign all the same for the executive, the National Housing Council (CNH), an organization bringing together housing stakeholders with the Ministry, has validated the government proposal mentioned above. Adrien Quatennens, deputy (LFI) for the North, mocks, for his part, “another way of announcing an unacceptable 3.5% rise in rents because the government refused to freeze the benchmark.”
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While the bill on purchasing power and the amending finance bill will be presented to the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, several associations, which were asking for a rent freeze, cringe a little in the face of Amélie de Montchalin, who will soon no longer be in charge of these matters in a few days. “This is an important government proposal on the purchasing power of tenants. It would be a shame if the associations did not discuss with the government following this proposal which defends their interests, both on the subject of rents and on that of APL“, defends, for its part, the cabinet of the minister. Way to demine a beginning of controversy in the face of a reshuffle which is long overdue and to prepare files before bequeathing them to his successor.
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