Former special adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy at the Élysée believes that the automatic increase in wages is necessary to compensate for the loss of purchasing power. The law indexes the minimum wage, rents, pensions, it can index all salaries according to modalities to be discussed with the social partners.
The indexation of wages is an operation of truth. When the average increase in the basic monthly wage index in the private sector is only 3.9% in 2O22 while the price index has increased by 6%, there is no gift.