They had demonstrated for more purchasing power and a change in policy. Now Emmanuel Macron comes to the yellow West. However, it is unlikely that the French President can reassure the country permanently.
Three-ten minutes, you have listened to your President, then disillusionment and the power of many yellow vests wide. “That’s not good enough”, dictate to the television speech by Emmanuel Macron, the journalists self-confident in the microphones. After four weeks of mass protest, many irate citizens have made the experience that their claims in Paris have suddenly weight – and obviously the taste to get more.
The President himself has made in his speech, a rhetorical bow to the Concerns and needs of his countrymen. He’ll take a “part of the responsibility,” said Macron, and he asked the French to apologize for “hurtful words”. To announce a list of measures to take political pressure out of the boiler, but the government is likely to make on the European stage for new difficulties.
With the increase in the minimum wage is still not satisfied: yellow West view the President’s speech on TV
A deficit of 2.8 percent of gross domestic product, had been reported in Paris for 2019, according to Brussels – the new Commitments to be a burden on the state budget with a further ten billion euros a year. The deficit could rise by up to 3.5 percent and, therefore, the Maastricht criteria clearly miss the mark. This Macron was started with the claim in his term, and finally to comply with EU rules.
Expensive gifts to the citizens
In particular, the government plans to raise the minimum wage to 100 Euro for 1. January. With a net minimum wage of 1185 Euro per month, the French state guaranteed, however, even today, one of the highest minimum wages in the OECD. Economists had warned Macron and his Premier, Edouard Philippe, before a further increase. The President is now promising that the employer would not be burdened by the significant increase in wages for around 1.6 million workers, in addition to, and makes a complicated statement.
What political force can unfold the revolt of the yellow vests?
Already a few days ago, the government had promised a minimum wage increase of 1.8 percent – the equivalent of 20 euros. By a decline in the social security an additional 20 Euro will be added. A for the coming years in steps planned increase in the state subsidy for families with particularly low incomes will now be brought forward to the 1.1.2019 are the missing 60 euros. Whether this increase, at the end of which, depending on the family situation, not all minimum wage recipients benefit, it soothes the minds of sustainably, however, is questionable. The first reactions on the part of the yellow West is not sounded at least then.
Message to the pensioner
The middle class will benefit from a new Overtime rule. Thus, neither social security contributions to fall in the future, Overtime & taxes. The conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy had introduced in his presidency, for the first time, his successor, François Hollande abolished with the Cabinet member Macron.
A third measure is aimed at the many angry pensioners complaining for months about the increase in the social tax (CSG). This increase is made for pensions of less than 2000 euros (the average pension in France: around 1400 euros) back.
Important clientele of Voters: With the withdrawal of the social tax increase, wants to tame Macron, the anger of the pensioners
Desires awakened
The political Elite of France is in your judgment at odds over the plans. While individual representatives of the Opposition, promoting an end to the protests, see Macrons great opponent of the extreme Left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, no reason. He is confident that a social movement become a political has become, with the President himself to the target.
While at the beginning of the government’s planned Eco-tax increases were in the centre of the claims, especially the radical faction of the yellow the West to the presidency of Emmanuel Macron, the you denigrate as “President of the Rich”. Reject the the yellow West demanded re-introduction of the wealth tax, fits for the protesters in this picture. Mainly due to massive criticism.
Heats up the mood: left-wing extremist Jean-Luc Mélenchon of La France Insoumise (The indomitable France)
Since the yellow vests have no unified leadership, and loose on the Internet to coordinate, not to expect an end to the protests anyway, from today to tomorrow. This differentiates these riots from previous eruptions which could be of the trade unions in a controlled manner.
“Save the soldiers Macron”
But Macron had to find in his speech a response to issues of distribution, made in France, massive. The movement of the yellow West, the France-researchers from Henrik development assistance and humanitarian action, have also addressed the style of government Macrons. “This is a downside to this French system of government and the President, that Power is very concentrated at the top, and often the impression is created as if the President alone know what is good for the country. The President then try to change from the top of this country – without sufficient feedback with the society, with trade unions, with associations or with the parties and the local authorities.”
The gap between Paris and the province, reduce: Macron advertises for a “new contract of the Nation”
Macron promises to be more political participation for the citizens, independent of the five-yearly election dates for the parliamentary and presidential elections. For this, he wants to search the contact to the mayors of the more than 35,000 cities and municipalities, and with their help, a “new contract of the Nation” to develop. The new sounds of a President, the mayor was left to the local politicians to drop the annual Congress three weeks ago, still a long way off.
How far Macron wants to go in the Reform of the political system, is meanwhile open. Whether the Reform can pacify the increasing distribution conflicts. Among French publicists, the fear that a Failure of the social-liberal President could pave the extremists is the path to Power has been circulating for a long time. How big is this concern is, shows a flaming appeal to the liberal essayist Nicolas Baverez: “Save the soldiers Macron” was the title of his Text through the highest Distress, the President.