“
The more the days pass, the more the voters on the left see that it is a scam.
La Nupes only seeks to border the country.
In an interview with Le
Parisien
published this Saturday, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin spares no one.
While the debate on pension reform is raging in the National Assembly and a next strike is scheduled for Tuesday, January 31, the minister wanted to respond to the multiple criticisms against the government that are coming from all sides.
Defense of pension reform and “work value”
The tenant of Place Beauvau recalled the government's ambition for this reform: “
we must first send a message to the French: to put our pension system in balance, yes, we have to work more.
He is in favor of a “
society of work and merit
”, and concedes having to sometimes “
show more pedagogy
”.
Read alsoGérald Darmanin on pension reform: “Everyone must take a step: government and unions”
The Minister underlined a “
majority of the President [who] defends work, the values of effort, merit and emancipation
”.
Unlike the oppositions, which, according to him, advocate “
the negation of work
” and the “
right to laziness
”.
The left-wing elected officials, particularly those of France Insoumise, are in his sights.
“
Mr.
Mélenchon
and his friends defend a leftist idea, bobo, that of a society without work, without effort,
he curried.
There is a lot of hypocrisy on the part of this left which, when it was in power, never took an interest [...] in minimum pensions as we do and never paid attention to difficult jobs and painful.
»
Read alsoBefore his immigration law, Gérald Darmanin, the social macronist put to the test by pension reform
The other side of the hemicycle is not to be outdone: “
Madame Le Pen works little and opposes everything.
She agrees with all those who are against
.
The minister considers that he has “
no moral lesson to receive
” and seeks to promote a parliamentary debate which responds to the “
concerns
” of the French.
End of the double full
Another controversial subject: the immigration bill, presented to the Council of Ministers this Wednesday, February 1, the day after the second day of the strike against the pension reform.
This “
very strong
” project provides for a “
drastic simplification of the law, reducing from twelve to four the appeals that can be issued by foreigners
”.
Read alsoDivided on pensions, LR parliamentarians join in opposition to text on immigration
After months of debate, he announces that he is putting an "
end to the
double penalty
".
“
We will be able to deport even more delinquent foreigners without finding them legal excuses,
” he explains, adding that he deported 15% more irregular foreigners than last year in a context of a 61% increase. asylum applications in Europe.
Without rejecting a future at the head of the North region, Gérald Darmanin concludes on his vision of politics: “
we must carry a more popular, empathetic discourse, more with our feet in the ground.
You don't solve a problem in a webinar.
»