The Insoumis deputies presented on Tuesday a series of proposals to notably improve salaries, access to housing and “rebuild the public hospital”, estimating that the government’s draft budget “does not meet the needs of the French”.
These are emergency measures that we are taking (…) what we would like to achieve if we had the chance of a parliamentary debate in the Assembly, LFI deputy Eric Coquerel argued to the press, in reference to the appeal repetition made by the executive of 49.3, which restricts budgetary debates.
In its section devoted to purchasing power, the Insoumis counter-budget includes an increase in the minimum wage to 1,600 euros net or even an increase in civil servants’ salaries. Measures also defended by the socialists in their own project, presented separately last week due to tensions within the Nupes.
Faced with the social housing crisis, LFI is proposing the construction of 200,000 public housing units, the reduction of rents and the revaluation of APLs.
In the field of education, the group wants free canteens, transport, school trips, school activities, as well as a massive reduction in class numbers, via a multi-year plan providing for the recruitment of 60,000 teachers.
LFI also proposes ecological planning measures, with investments of 6 billion euros in rail transport, at least 10 billion euros per year in renewable energies, and a thermal renovation plan for housing of 6.2 billion.
To rebuild the public hospital, the group would like to mobilize 13 billion euros. This is the addition of the demands of the French Hospital Federation (FHF), user associations and the inter-union, explained MP Hadrien Clouet.
This includes maintaining the purchasing power of professionals, catching up with inflation costs, allowing the reopening of beds and the supply of medicines.
LFI also advocates for 100% reimbursement of all prescribed health care.
In total, the LFI counter-budget provides for 152.4 billion euros in expenditure, which would be financed thanks to 154.9 billion euros in revenue, notably via the elimination of tax loopholes, the reestablishment of the ISF, an increase in the tax on financial transactions or even taxes on dividends.
We wanted to ensure that taxes respond to expenses, explained Eric Coquerel, who chairs the Finance Committee at the Assembly.