He deplores a state the place the “dividend is king” and guarantees to defend “important staff” by taxing their wealthiest employers. François Ruffin launched on Saturday within the 2027 presidential race by launching his marketing campaign in Lyon.
In a primary “job interview” for the Elysée, scripted in entrance of 4 of those staff or unemployed, the MP who broke with LFI additionally attacked the Nationwide Rally and its president Jordan Bardella, who “declare to defend the employees” however ally themselves with “MEDEF” and search cash “in Russian banks or American funding funds”.
He castigates a France the place “privileges reign”
In entrance of some 2,000 supporters at this assembly, the deputy for Somme and president of the Debout! did not have a single phrase for the primary on the left outside LFI by which he has undertaken to participate, not specifying whether or not he’ll keep his candidacy if it doesn’t happen.
Citing the “extremely arduous” however very poorly paid professions, caregivers, housekeepers, AESH, lecturers, industrial staff, transport staff, younger individuals on short-term or fixed-term contracts, and many others., he castigated, by scratching Emmanuel Macron, a France the place “privileges reign”, particularly “tax privileges for billionaires who pay much less taxes than their secretaries”.
With out mentioning it in his speech, he distributed a “Marketing campaign Pocket book” entitled “Important Employees”, those that, “on the primary and second strains held the nation up” throughout the Covid disaster with out enchancment of their “recognition and remuneration”.
The minimal wage at 1,700 euros internet
In a chapter entitled “Our proposals”, he commits particularly to a “de-emphasis and revaluation” of low salaries, strict indexation to inflation, double remuneration for “atypical” hours (earlier than 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m.), the assure of early retirement “to compensate for arduousness”, and even the “finish of the abusive use of short-term work”.
Amid cheers, he additionally promised to extend the minimal wage to 1,700 euros internet month-to-month and, “as an emergency as quickly as we come to energy”, the fee by employers of “a obligatory bonus of 1,000 euros with out contributions or taxes” for the lowest-income workers.
“I can be a minimal wage president”
Castigating massive teams “like LVMH” who “handle to obtain extra public help” than small entrepreneurs “whereas paying much less taxes than them”, he promised to “restore” the proportionality of efforts particularly by convening, if he’s elected, “states-general of taxation and social safety”.
“I’m a minimal wage deputy, I can be a minimal wage president too,” additionally launched François Ruffin. He has all the time assured to donate to his associations or works the a part of his parliamentary allowance exceeding the minimal wage.
