PS Mayor of Lille Martine Aubry called on Thursday to "bring solidarity as an essential value" of the policies to be followed after the Covid-19 epidemic, pleading for "not to forget those who make the country work today" , in particular low wages.
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In the “world after” the epidemic, I hope “that we will not forget what we said (...) to those who today make the country work,” declared Martine Aubry on France 5, citing "the nurses, the nursing assistants, the people who collect our garbage, the cashiers, all those people who are at the bottom of the remuneration and whose contribution we have seen to our society" . "Let us think, (...) through fiscal policy, the primary income distribution policy, how to ensure that we recognize them for this essential role which is theirs," she continued.
During this crisis, "solidarity, we saw it everywhere" : "I saw restaurateurs, Lille come to make masks , bring meals to caregivers, take care of the homeless" , was delighted the former patron saint of the PS, pleading for "that this solidarity we do not lose, that we carry it as an essential value for our society" .
"Accept this debt for a while"
Martine Aubry also reiterated her opposition to the reforms to unemployment benefit and pensions, planned by the government before the crisis. “They are completely contradictory to what we have to do today. Everyone says 'take care of others', it means for the State (...) to have general protection rules but also to be able to take into account particular situations: the arduousness, the women who worked in part-time , ”she said.
"The next world is first and foremost about achieving economic recovery, not as we did after the banking crisis, not by bringing down debt and the deficit as the essential element!" (...) At some point, we must be able to accept this debt for some time to avoid tomorrow having more unemployed, " added Martine Aubry, calling for " an ecological revival with Europe " .