+ VIDEO and DOCUMENT – Government defends block “social progress”. The mayor of Lille condemns the extension of the opening of shops on Sunday and called for “fighting” a “regression”
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The image was neat. As if to emphasize the importance of the moment. It was under the gold of the Elysee Palace that eleven members of the government, including Manuel Valls, defended on Wednesday a draft ‘growth and activity “law that divides the left. Way to show that the text is not a “Macron law,” while part of the PS has targeted the Minister of Economy, taxing “liberalism” .
Posing as the defending “pragmatism” and “reality” against the ideology and “theological debates that the French do not want” , the executive has sought to explain that the relaxation of Sunday work or deregulation of certain professions (notaries, bailiffs …) did not constitute a setback for French. “This law is proof that our country is able to adapt without losing its social model” , stressed the Prime Minister. A “true leftist law,” “Justice” , defends Bercy.
As if in answer to those who draw lashing against the extension of the opening of shops on Sundays, the main sticking point. “Regression” blasted Martine Aubry , calling for “fight” the reform in an article published Wednesday morning in “Le Monde”, which has polluted the operation communication from the government. “Social progress” , corrected Emmanuel Macron, emphasizing the obligation that will be made to all commerce companies to pay a “wage compensation” employees working on Sundays. “This is the law of liberty and progress” , said Manuel Valls quoted Francois Hollande at the Council of Ministers. The Prime Minister is angry that the debate crystallized around that “single subject” , while the breaststroke wide text with 106 articles.
“Margins for debate”
While expressing “certain” to obtain a majority in the Assembly on this text, the executive has not closed the door to development. “Between five and twelve [working Sundays per year], there are margins for a debate” , warned Manuel Valls, saying to do “everything but an issue of confrontation.” “All effective and pragmatic additions for more growth and activity will be welcome” , added Emmanuel Macron. But to prevent the majority from the outset: it does not matter to unravel the text. “The text is ambitious and ambition remain” , promised Prime Minister persuaded – to support surveys – that the French are “much more willing to reform” their representatives. “It will also be a dialogue with society” , has he said, as to span its majority
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The text will be discussed in the Assembly on January 22. “It’ll be tight,” , predicts a senior. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the Left Party, called for a day of mobilization. As, in turn, regulated professions. Thousands of notaries, lawyers, clerks and other legal professions were already in the streets on Wednesday in Paris. “This law does not detract from anyone. We will remove not right “, insisted the tenant of Bercy. “The major areas of concern regulated professions are no longer on the agenda” , said Christiane Taubira. Under the eye delighted Manuel Valls and Emmanuel Macron, the Minister of Justice, who had displayed with the “rebellious” at the University of PS in La Rochelle, brought a very strong support to the bill , seen as “a way to reform without brutality and efficiently.”
The executive remains cautious on the impact of the text, refusing any encryption and ‘part of a “strategy” of reforms to “competitiveness and employment”. “The desire for reform of the government, it is not only intact but is increased tenfold,” , concluded Manuel Valls. As an address in Brussels and the majority.
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