The Medef boss's turn to give his opinion on the bill on purchasing power, the first test of Emmanuel Macron's second five-year term, which the government must present to the Council of Ministers on July 6.
While the text should be the subject of a tough battle with the opposition, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux shows concern.
“
We are very worried to see this law become a catch-all text, which would take up proposals for checks from each other to find a majority, with on arrival a crippling bill for public finances
”, declares- he in an interview with
Echoes
published on Tuesday.
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Public finances already in the red, alarmed the president of Medef.
“
The alert level on the public accounts has not been reached, it is already largely exceeded.
[...] One cannot afford everything in the name of the defense of purchasing power!
Targeted, proportionate and time-limited measures are needed.
On Monday, Bruno Le Maire used the same argument to call for opposition to restraint on the purchasing power bill.
"
Everything is not possible, simply because we have reached the alert level on public finances,
" said the Minister of the Economy on RMC / BFMTV.
“Developing interest”
Among the measures of the bill should include in particular the strengthening of the “
transport bonus
” paid by companies to their employees, to cover part of the cost of their home-work journeys.
The boss of Medef indicated that companies were going
to "seize this new lever, [...] and this will allow them to better respond, in a targeted manner, to the problems of employees who drive a lot
".
On the “
Macron bonus
”, if he does not say he is opposed “
to the removal of the ceiling which would make it possible to increase the maximum amount to 6000 euros
”, the boss of Medef warns: “
The margin rate of companies will undoubtedly fall this year with the rise in prices, which will necessarily weigh on the level of premiums.
»
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On the other hand, the founding president of Notus-Technologies rejects the Nupes proposal to raise the minimum wage to 1500 euros net.
“
The destructive effect on employment will be immediate
,” he warns.
And the boss of bosses to shell his own proposals for purchasing power.
“
We want to develop profit-sharing by proposing that a share be individualized or that it be distributed on a smaller scale than the establishment, a specific department of the company for example
,” he explains.
He also proposes to "
remove the overtime surcharge
".