The crisis drags on.
To reimburse its staggering cost, will it be necessary to increase taxes?
"At such a difficult time for the French, at a time when there is such a great economic crisis in our country, it would not be the best thing to do, no one would gain"
, reacted Élisabeth Moreno, Monday, on the “Talk Le Figaro” set.
Appointed Minister for Equality between Women and Men, Diversity and Equal Opportunities last July, she argues that
"the subjects within (her) ministry are eminently social
"
, leaving the responsibility for tax matters to the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire.
What is important, she adds nonetheless, "
it is to revive our economy, to protect jobs, to give the French people confidence to invest ”.
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Crisis requires, the government seems to operate with a handful of ministers.
In this context, making your function exist when you have a portfolio on the fringes of the health crisis does not seem easy.
“I have learned in my life that all challenges are opportunities to change things for the better,
”
says the former business leader.
"Economic and health crisis or not, I get up every morning telling myself that we must do everything possible to help those who need it most
"
, insists Elisabeth Moreno.
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"I have no personal existential crisis
," she blurted out, recalling the fundamentals of what she was named for.
“Today, women are dying from the beatings of their spouses, people can be attacked because of their sexual orientation, people are affected in their human dignity for who they are,
” she
adds.
If social inequalities
"have been explosive"
for the last twenty years,
"the Covid has thrown a very harsh light"
on women "
on the front line
", and on increasing precariousness.
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In charge of Equal Opportunities, its role is also to facilitate access to employment for women in difficulty, people from disadvantaged neighborhoods, overseas territories or rural areas.
"We cannot speak of equal opportunities if we do not speak of the fight against discrimination, of which twenty-five are legally prohibited in our country"
, she points out.
As announced by Emmanuel Macron, the anti-discrimination platform co-produced with the Defender of Rights, Claire Hédon, will be operational in mid-February.
This reporting tool will also make it possible to inform and raise awareness
"on these subjects which break the lives and dignity of many people
"
, concludes the Minister.