Job and business creation that he visibly intends to accelerate, in particular by calling into question administrative and regulatory standards that he considers to be obstacles to economic development: “We must reduce delays, constrain procedures. We will put an end to unnecessary standards that penalize. We are going to highlight the France of common sense against the France of harassment. »
Tougher labor reform?
Believing that “our financial independence is linked to the creation of employment and wealth of the country”, the President of the Republic expects from his government the launch of “act II of the reform of the labor market and a period 2 of simplification. Referring without specifying “a new reform of the labor market which supposes more severity in the event of refusal of a job offer”, the Head of State believes that “all reforms are possible when there are more people in the work “.
Asked about salaries, Emmanuel Macron estimated that “effort and merit are not recognized enough. Even if we have done a lot to make work pay better, but it is not enough. I think of the France of those who earn too much to be helped and not enough to live well. She is the one who holds the country. »
“Even better help employees on the minimum wage”
On salary increases and purchasing power, the President of the Republic always pleads, not for State interventionism, but for “a negotiation that can be done at the level of the branches, of the companies”. He concedes that “we must give more dynamism to social dialogue and that we must also facilitate the sharing of added value. From the Pacte law to the implementation of the bonus (for value sharing, or Macron bonus, Editor’s note) we have already done a lot. 9.5 million of our compatriots have received added value bonuses and since 2017 minimum wage workers have experienced a 9% gain in purchasing power. But we must do even better to help employees on the minimum wage and those who are above the minimum wage. »
If the President of the Republic confirmed that the government must achieve 2 billion tax cuts by 2025 for the French middle classes, he also justified the increase in the medical exemption. “We are going from 0.50 euros to 1 euro of remaining liability per box, it is not a terrible crime, it is a good measure, we must make people responsible. »
2024-01-17 08:47:25
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