The National Assembly rejects a socialist bill to increase the Smic

PS deputy Gérard Leseul’s bill, which provided for a 15% increase in the minimum wage, echoes the proposals of PS candidate Anne Hidalgo.

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Published on 01/20/2022 22:54

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It wasn’t a surprise. The National Assembly rejected, Thursday, December 20, a bill presented by the Socialists to increase the minimum wage and organize a national conference on wages, against the backdrop of the presidential campaign.

PS deputy Gérard Leseul’s bill, which provided for a 15% increase in the minimum wage, echoes the proposals of PS candidate Anne Hidalgo. Debated as part of a day reserved for the PS group, it came up against opposition from the government and the majority, which chose to reject it by way of amendments. The text was on the contrary supported by the other leftist groups, LFI and communists.

“After the crisis, nothing can any longer justify the capture of ever greater wealth in fewer and fewer hands”, pleaded in vain, MP Boris Vallaud, denouncing “a five-year period lost in terms of the fight against wage inequality.

“We share the diagnosis of allowing all our fellow citizens to live with dignity from their work but (…) we do not share the means”, underlined the Minister Delegate in charge of integration, Brigitte Klinkert. This highlighted the “risk of slowing down the vigorous recovery of our economy” by increasing the “cost of labor [qui] would damage our competitiveness”.

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