Valérie Pécresse, candidate for the nomination of the right to the presidential election, proposes to remove "
150,000 positions in the administering administration
" during the next five-year term, she indicates in an interview published Monday, October 18 on the site of
L ' Opinion
.
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“
My goal is to cut 150,000 jobs in the administering administration. The State must refocus on its three priority missions: protect, educate, care, with where necessary additional posts for justice, education and care. It is not a question of degrading the public service, nor of breaking the recovery. But expenses must fall,
”insists the president of the Ile-de-France region. “
To stop the explosion of the debt and bring it back in 2027 to the current level, we must reach 45 billion euros in savings, to which I add 15 billion in privatization revenues. The State is not intended to remain a minority shareholder in competitive companies
», Continues the candidate, who is seeking the votes of LR members at the December 4 congress against her two main rivals Michel Barnier and Xavier Bertrand.
"
Reduce the tax burden
"
"
If I am elected President of the Republic, my first decision will be to engage four major structural reforms to lower costs and reduce the tax burden
"
,
she added
,
listing "
retirement at 65, degression unemployment benefits, the debureaucratization of the country and decentralization with a letting go of the state to remove duplicates
”.
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In September, Valérie Pécresse had already mentioned the reduction "
in five years of 10% of the '' administering administration '', that is to say of officials who manage standards and procedures
". In 2017, François Fillon, defeated right-wing presidential candidate, defended the elimination of 500,000 public official positions in five years. Emmanuel Macron, for his part, promised the elimination of 50,000 positions in the state civil service, a goal abandoned in July 2019. The 2022 budget confirms stability in the workforce of the public service during the entire five-year term.
In the interview given to
L'Opinion
, Valérie Pécresse also offers "
assistance for local investment
"
, in
order to "
rebalance the territories.
In municipalities of less than 20,000 inhabitants, individuals will be able to invest in shares or lend to their local businesses over a minimum of five years with a 50% tax credit for a maximum investment of 20,000 euros,
”she suggests.