"The Suspense
was not entirely unbearable
", reacted Boris Vallaud Monday on the set of "Talk-Le Figaro", the day after the announcement "
expected
"Jean-Luc Mélenchon's candidacy for the presidential election, which was apparently"
suggested by many indiscretions
".
Condition his candidacy to a popular investiture of 150,000 people rather than 500 signatures of mayors, above all allows the rebellious leader to have a "
popular base
" to "
get started
" believes the PS deputy of the Landes who, being careful of any final assessment, insisted that his only certainty in the perspective of 2022, "
is the need for a large union of the left as a credible alternative to Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen
".
The Socialist judges that "
the discussion can be initiated with everyone
", the main
thing
being "
to talk about the substance of things
”On very concrete subjects“
which
affect
people's lives
”.
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For him, “
the social issue is making a
resounding
comeback”
because of the Covid crisis and its disastrous consequences.
Among the major challenges to be taken up, that of "
making livable a world which has become unliveable due to the explosion of inequalities
" and "
being able to re-secure workers
".
At the heart of socialist reflection, the social question and inequalities "
partly the result of liberal globalization
,
the lack of ethics of entire sectors of the economy, a balance of power between public and private powers with the need for us to regain control, ”
says Vallaud
.
Intrinsically linked, the other challenge to be taken up is the environmental question, "
one of the determinants of the realization of our ideals of justice and equality
", argues the Socialist.
Boris Vallaud (PS): "? The social question is making a resounding comeback?"
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The deputy for Landes is leading a bill for Ailes (individual aid for solidarity-based emancipation), intended for young people from the age of 18, a kind of "
minimum youth to build a personal, professional and family future
".
Refusing the “
very French
”
principle
according to which
“the life of a young person must be an initiatory and an obstacle course
”, the socialist project provides for a basic income (fusion of the RSA and the income from work) which can be combined with a universal endowment. and unconditional in capital.
Still under construction, the Ailes bill is open to public debate via the parliament-et-citoyens.fr platform.
Not forgetting that "
in the crisis, there is a Covid generation threatened with being very strongly weakened
", the elected representative wants to fight to keep him "
his head above water
".
The measure would be financed by a reform of the tax on very large inheritances - "
not on those of the work of a lifetime
" he specifies - and by the taxation of multinationals.
His deep conviction?
"
A more equal society is a society from which everyone benefits
."