Bruno Le Maire says it and repeats it: growth is sustained, the economy is taking full advantage of the recovery plan announced a year ago and already committed to the tune of 50 billion euros.
"It is the revival that makes the growth"
, thus welcomed the Minister of the Economy on
BFMTV
, before assuring, with supporting figures, that the health pass was an additional asset for economic health. from the country.
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“Our growth figure for 2021 is 6%,
reaffirmed Bruno Le Maire.
We want to reach the pre-crisis economic level before the end of 2021. ”
Recalling that unemployment was lower than before the crisis and growth
"well oriented"
, the Minister of the Economy has counted on growth for 2022 of 4%.
Protect purchasing power
Asked about the purchasing power of the French, Bruno Le Maire assured that the government had
"protected purchasing power by protecting employment"
, in particular through the partial unemployment scheme. He said he was opposed to the obligation for companies to pay an incentive to their employees, while ensuring to aim, by incentive only,
"3 million compatriots with a profit-sharing agreement"
. On a possible increase in the minimum wage, the minister recalled that it increased automatically with inflation, and that it was possible to consider an
"automatic revaluation from October 1".
Bruno Le Maire then spoke of the circulation of the famous food checks promised by Emmanuel Macron on December 14, 2020. “
We will have a final proposal report in January 2022,
” he said.
We have to make sure that [the device] can work, [but] it is very difficult to implement. ”
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As very regularly when he speaks, Bruno Le Maire reaffirmed his desire to reform pensions, evoking an
"absolute priority"
.
"We must work longer, guarantee a minimum of pensions and end with special schemes that no longer respond to anything,"
he said.
Fewer shopping centers affected by the health pass
On the implementation of the health pass, especially in shopping centers, Bruno Le Maire assured that this obligation would be good, by a decree that he will sign on Wednesday, subject to an incidence rate in the department of 200 per 100,000 inhabitants , as well as a week of continuous decline in this ratio.
178 shopping centers in 27 departments were thus affected by the health pass last week.
They will be 64, in 19 departments, this week.
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The minister finally recalled that the health pass was
"good for the economy
", according to him this figure testifies: the catering sector saw its turnover increase by 3% this week compared to the same week in 2019.