Jean-Luc Mélenchon, candidate of the Insoumis for the presidential election of 2022, defends a "
social emergency law
" including the freezing of prices on basic necessities, the increase of the minimum wage to 1,400 euros net and the postponement of the reimbursement of state guaranteed loans, in an interview with
Journal du Dimanche
.
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The LFI deputy also wants to decree "
a blank year for the profits of the CAC 40: anything that exceeds the average progression of the CAC 40 is requisitioned
", he proposes in order to collect a windfall of "
more than 50 billion euros
Which will be used to "
finance a million jobs
". "
We have emergency security laws, health emergency laws: it is time to have a social emergency law
" in order to help "
10 million people (who) live below the poverty line
" , affirms the elected official of Marseilles for whom "
the country needs a shock of popular consumption
".
"
It is not possible that energy, gas, electricity, fuels or essential foodstuffs are unaffordable
", deplores Jean-Luc Mélenchon by wanting to "
immediately implement the price freeze on basic necessities"
". Other urgent measures, "
increase the minimum wage to bring it to 1,400 euros net per month
" and "
postpone the repayment of loans guaranteed by the State for two years
", otherwise "
thousands of companies will be smashed against the wall of debt
”, fears the boss of the rebels who also proposes the nationalization of all“
common goods, air, water, which would then belong to all
”.
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widens the audience of the ideas that we have in common, like the Sixth Republic
", welcomes Jean-Luc Mélenchon, "
and he puts the PS at the foot from the wall. I believe that his candidacy serves our action
”. As for the Communist Party, whose banner he carried in 2012 and 2017 but which this time decided to go alone with Fabien Roussel, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, declared candidate since November 2020, “
renews
” his proposal for “
a program shared and a legislative agreement before the presidential election
”, based on“
the renewal of all those leaving and the distribution of the rest
”.