This vote will have to be repeated in the hemicycle, where the deputies will start again from the government’s initial text. The deputies of the Social Affairs Committee, in particular those of the Macronist groups LR and RN, spoke out on Tuesday against a flagship measure of the government’s social security budget, which modifies employers’ exemptions, in particular to generate at least four billion savings.
The measure is one of the most irritating of the budget sequence between Michel Barnier’s government and his fragile coalition in the National Assembly, especially Macronists who see it as a return to their employment policy. This new cocktail of contribution reductions envisaged by the government would also stop at three minimum wages, compared to the current 3.5 minimum wages.
The reform, which would make it possible to raise at least four billion euros, or even “five billion” according to deputies from various groups, angers employers who assure that “it will destroy several hundred thousand jobs”.
“An increase in the cost of labor”
“For some companies, salaries and expenses represent up to 60% of their turnover,” said RN MP Katiana Levavasseur.
To the great dismay of the left, who voted against the repressive amendments: “We are in a somewhat surprising situation, it is the new Popular Front that will come to support the government,” joked Hendrik Davi (Ecologist and Social), judging that “This exemption policy has had no effect on competitiveness.” “With these funds we can create more and better quality jobs,” said rebel Hadrien Clouet.
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