GENERAL POLITICAL SPEECH SOFT REFORMISM PROMISED BY EDOUARD PHILIPPE

In the National Assembly, the Prime Minister presented the calendar and method of the coming months, until the municipal elections of March 2020. He then obtained the confidence of the deputies by 363 votes to 163.

The situation of "emergency", which led to the election of Emmanuel Macron, continues after two years of office, said the Prime Minister in attacking his policy speech in the National Assembly. And to list the "economic", "social", "ecological" and finally "political" emergencies that determine the need to "stay the course set (...) to release the forces of our country and protect its citizens".

"We want to rebuild trust, by returning to the idea of ​​power, a guarantee of our greatness and our way of life, a France faithful to itself, a France that is hard-working, supportive and environmentally-friendly, drawing on what it produces. the source of social justice, "concluded Philippe.

1) Edouard Philippe promises the gradual end of special diets and says it will take longer to work. Employees will still have the opportunity to retire at age 62, but a break-even age will be offered with benefits for anyone who chooses this age of balance. The Prime Minister also ensures that the rules will be the same for everyone. The new system "will define an age of equilibrium and incentives to work longer".

2) Lower taxes

Household taxes will fall by 27 billion euros over the five-year period. Édouard Philippe announces a decline of 350 euros on average per household for the first installment.

The tax loopholes will be re-studied, the ministers of Bercy Bruno Mayor and Gerald Darmanin will reveal their leads in early July.

Édouard Philippe also confirmed that "the residence tax on the main residence will be completely removed for all French. "

3) Bioethics Act

The bioethical bill, including the LDC for all, will be adopted by the Council of Ministers in July and then examined at the end of September at the Assembly. "I am convinced that we can achieve a kind of serene, deep, serious debate, up to the demands of our country, which is my ambition anyway," the prime minister said.

4) Access to public services

"Maisons France services". Édouard Philippe hopes to see 300 open by January 1, 2020 and at least one by township by the end of the five-year period. Objective: to allow every French to have access to public services.

5) Financing the dependency

"Measures to support home care" of the elderly and "investments" in retirement homes will be included in the 2020 budget of Social Security, promised Édouard Philippe. He confirmed the presentation "at the end of the year" of a draft law on dependence.

The Minister of Solidarities and Health, Agnès Buzyn, will present "a bill that will define a strategy and programming of the necessary means to take care of dependence," he added. This reform "will be another great social marker of this five-year period, perhaps one of the most important".

6) Support for single-parent families

30,000 crèche places will be created for these families.

By June 2020, the government will put in place a new system to protect single people against the risk of unpaid alimony, "said the Prime Minister." By decision of a judge, or on request in case of incidents payment, the pensions will be automatically withdrawn by the CAF to be paid to their beneficiaries and it is the CAF that will trigger a recovery procedure in case of unpaid, "he said.

7) State Reform

Regarding the administration, the emphasis is on strengthening local authorities: "local services will be strengthened, and central governments reduced".

8) Reform of the institutions

Édouard Philippe opens the door to a postponement after the senatoriales of September 2020 if an agreement with the room proves impossible. "We will wait for the right moment and the will of the Senate, which may only come after the renewal of the Upper House in 2020," said the Prime Minister.

9) Migrants : combating abuse and holding an annual debate

Édouard Philippe pleads for European harmonization. "The number of asylum seekers has dropped by 10% in Europe but continues to grow in France by around 22%. If we are to welcome, we must control these migratory flows. In the coming months, France will embark on a plan for a complete refoundation of Schengen. The right of asylum is a treasure, we are devoting resources to it. "

Each year there will be a debate in Parliament on the country's migration policy. The first will be organized in September.

10) Reform the Islam of France

The head of government reaffirms the will of the state to fight against Islamism and pleads for a revamp of the Islam of France. "Islam of France must train imams in France who speak French and put an end to the system where many imams or chants are paid by foreign states".

11) "A new act of decentralization"

The Prime Minister wants to take measures to encourage the mayors' commitment, which will be presented in July. The project could go to the Senate in September. The head of government wants to "clarify the territorial mille-feuilles".

12) Fight against insecurity

Édouard Philippe intends to "fight against gratuitous violence". Interior Minister Christophe Castaner will issue a white paper on internal security this summer, a law must be passed in the wake.

The focus is on the fight against narcotics: "Over the next twelve months, our priority will be to fight drug trafficking. (...) It involves harassing sales outlets, neutralizing distribution ladders, knocking out network heads "

13) "Ecological acceleration"

"The next twelve months will be those of ecological acceleration," promises Édouard Philippe, who wants social housing to end the "energy sieves".

The head of the government wanted the draft laws on mobility and energy-climate to be adopted before the summer.

14) Reform of institutions : towards a postponement

Edouard Philippe opened the door postponing the review of institutional reform after the senatoriales of September 2020, calling however not to "resist the desire for change expressed by the French."

"We will wait for the right moment and the will of the Senate, which may come after the renewal of the Upper House in 2020," said the Prime Minister.

 

Mr. Philippe also recalled that "the President of the Republic has the ability to directly question the French [by referendum] on the reduction of the number of parliamentarians".
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