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Bruno Le Maire is "not in favor" of the confinement of unvaccinated people

2021-11-18T14:03:59.166Z


A new confinement would be "too hard for the French", also estimated the boss of Bercy on Thursday. The Austrian example does not win the support of the French authorities. Asked about RMC on Thursday, the Minister of the Economy said he was “ not in favor ” of confinement that would only affect unvaccinated people, qualifying this measure as “ discriminatory ”. Read alsoCovid-19: would it be possible to confine the unvaccinated only in France? " I am above all in favor of avoiding these measu


The Austrian example does not win the support of the French authorities.

Asked about RMC on Thursday, the Minister of the Economy said he was “

not in favor

” of confinement that would only affect unvaccinated people, qualifying this measure as “

discriminatory

”.

Read alsoCovid-19: would it be possible to confine the unvaccinated only in France?

"

I am above all in favor of avoiding these measures, of avoiding new confinement, and of everyone making the necessary effort to be vaccinated, to protect themselves

", commented Bruno Le Maire. . Saying "

share the concern

" of professionals in the face of a fifth wave that could parasitize the holiday season, the boss of Bercy estimated that France could not "

afford

" a new confinement. "

It would be too hard for the French, restaurateurs, traders, for each of us, for our children, for French society as a whole,

" said the minister.

The executive has already expressed its opposition to a new confinement: Tuesday, the government spokesman assured "that

no confinement is planned today

", adding however that the country was "

on alert

" .

"

There are no plans to take additional measures,

" then confirmed Gabriel Attal on Wednesday.

But the situation can change with the epidemic: the door is therefore not completely closed.

"

Public money has been spent wisely, at the right time

"

On RMC, the boss of Bercy also defended the government's choices, assuring that the “

whatever the cost

” of Emmanuel Macron had allowed France to safeguard its public finances. Without the emergency measures, growth would have been weakened, jobs lost and debt would have been higher, standing at "

126%

", he said, relying in particular on data from the Institute of Public Policy and Cepremap. "

Public money has been spent wisely, at the right time,

" he said.

The Minister also said he was in favor of a reflection on the mechanism for reducing charges which can benefit jobs paid less than 1.6 minimum wage.

These reductions "

create a poverty trap

" by capping wages below this level, said Bruno Le Maire, defending a "

more progressive

" system.

A change in the mechanism would increase wages and strengthen employment, at a significant cost to public finances, however.

Source: lefigaro

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