If the disabled adult subsidy was approved almost unanimously last night in the National Assembly, several measures promoted by the Nupes were not voted by the deputies, during the debates on the bill on “urgent measures for the protection of purchasing power.”
This is the case of the increase in the minimum wage to 1,500 euros net, driven by various amendments by the elected officials LFI, PS, EELV and PCF, which were rejected by the National Assembly (257 parliamentarians voted against, 121 in favor and 4 abstentions). , according to the Assembly website)
Among the deputies present who voted against are all the groups LREM, MoDem and Horizons (two abstentions), but also several elected representatives of the opposition. Thus, nineteen LR MPs voted as a presidential majority, as did 69 of the 70 RN MPs present, including Marine Le Pen. José González (RN) and Josiane Corneloup (LR) abstained.
“We will have already seen the true face of the RN”
“Hand in hand with the RN and macronistas they reject the increase in the minimum wage. The worst right in Europe”, rebel former presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon launched on Twitter. “We will have already seen the true face of the RN that votes against the interests of the poorest. We will have seen the true face of the LREM that allies itself with the RN to protect the interests of the richest”, comments the young deputy by LFI Louis. Boyard.
“Honte au RN que presente comme defender des classes populaires et vote contre la hausse du SMIC à l’Assemblée nationale”, criticizes son côté le communiste Fabien Roussel, que qualifie de “petits toutous du macronisme” les députés du parti d’ extreme right.
A refusal to touch the SMIC
Since the beginning of the examination of the bill on purchasing power, the presidential majority has refused to modify the legislative text to introduce a salary increase, preferring to go through bonuses, and in particular the Macron bonus, whose ceiling was increased on Tuesday. afternoon.
Raising the minimum wage to 1,500 euros net “would be a threat to the activity of our companies and our jobs”, justifies the majority rapporteur Charlotte Parmentier-Lecocq, who prefers to advocate “increasing the income of employees to the minimum wage “.
“Between the revaluation that will take place in August and the activity bonus to which people who are on the minimum wage are entitled, we are already almost at 1,500 euros. So yes, the 1,500 euros is a very nice com argument”, also analyzed. Perrine Goulet, modern deputy for Nièvre.
Source: BFM TV
