Employers call on government to “get to work” to be able to “restart”

Employers’ groups welcomed Saturday the the naming of a new government after a long wait, calls for it “Put to work” and longing “economic prosperity”.

On the social network “a government formed, a general policy declaration from Prime Minister Michel Barnier to come, the conditions (were) now in place for a restart”. “France needs it”asked the head of the first group of employers, more than three months after the dissolution of the National Assembly at the beginning of June and two and a half months after the second round of the legislative elections.

His colleague François Asselin, president of the Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME), was delighted that “The executive was finally established” can “get to work”. “The stakes are great for our country and the task is enormous in a political context that is far from simple”added in a message sent to AFP the head of France’s second largest employer group. “We wish the government to succeed, knowing that this economic success cannot be achieved without the commercial sector, made up of 90% SMEs. “concluded François Asselin.

For the president of the Union of Local Industries (U2P) Michel Picon, yes “many files pending” from “support for thermal renovation of housing”. “It is vital for French energy consumption and essential for the revival of building trades order books, which have been falling for two quarters. “he continued in a message to AFP. Michel Picon also wants the new Minister of Economy and Finance Antoine Armand to restart the administrative simplification project started by Bruno Le Maire before, “not forgetting the fiscal stability of VSEs (very small enterprises) and SMEs (small and medium enterprises)”. If taxes were to be raised, it would be “a disaster for small businesses, for their investments and their earnings”in advance.