Will Dominique Perben's political skill save Nicole Belloubet from the bad patch into which the lawyers' crisis precipitated her? They have been pounding the pavement for 8 weeks now without the slightest outcome of the conflict emerging. After three hours of discussion Friday with a profession still heated to white, the Minister of Justice announced to entrust to his illustrious predecessor, an "operational mission" which will be responsible for reflecting and making concrete proposals on the economic future of law firms. lawyers.
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On the negotiating table, legal aid, including the Keeper of the Seals, would be ready to increase the budget significantly. But also the question of a reduced rate VAT in order to encourage litigants to make more use of lawyers, "within the limits of what, however, European law allows". Finally, the question of the enforceability of the lawyer's act will also be debated, a very old claim for black dresses who would like to see their prerogatives approach those of notaries whose decisions are binding on the parties.
By betting on Dominique Perben, who has always benefited from the attentive ear of the government, and by opening the door to old claims by lawyers, the Chancellery hopes to pacify relations that the pension reform has stretched to the maximum with lawyers. For Nicole Belloubet, these proposals are a way of addressing to the most fragile and most mobilized cabinets in the current conflict, her desire to see their independence and their viability protected despite the increase in pension contributions of which they are the first victims. For the moment, representatives of the profession have not yet taken a position on the proposals of the Keeper of the Seals.