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A year later, what has become of the promises of the great debate?

2020-04-24T18:04:19.136Z


Saved, suspended or left stationary, Le Figaro recounts the upset fate of the main measures announced after three months of national consultation.


The announcements had been made from the Élysée. In front of an audience of journalists, this April 25, 2019, Emmanuel Macron intended to turn the page on "yellow vests" and open a "new act of our Republic" , after a great national debate of three months, fed by two million contributions. A year later, the halt is brutal and the tone, serious: "All the reforms in progress will be suspended," announced, on March 16, the president of a France now confined and struck by the epidemic. from Covid-19. At the top of the state, "we only manage emergencies," testifies the adviser to a minister. In one year, what measures have been saved, suspended or left standing? Le Figarotells of the upset fate of the main promises of the great national debate.

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Two measures in favor of purchasing power have been implemented: the indexation, on inflation, of pensions of less than 2000 euros, as well as the decrease of 5 billion euros

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