The Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts returned, Friday March 10 on Europe 1, to the financial management of the Ukrainian and Covid crisis. He also defended the pension reform proposed by Emmanuel Macron.
It’s a little music released by the government for a few days now: a resilience plan to deal with the Ukrainian conflict. The Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts Olivier Dussopt explained that “with the Ukrainian crisis, we are dealing with a problem of supply: mainly energy tariffs, insofar as the French economy is exposed to the economy Russian and Ukrainian only indirectly. »
If France is rather preserved – compared to other European countries – on energy dependence with Kiev and Moscow, the minister added that even if: “our trade with these two countries is quite limited”, there will be something Either way “indirect consequences on the price of gas, the price of wheat, the price of oil and we are working to curb in the case of the resilience plan that the President of the Republic has called for. »
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But what will this “resilience plan” look like? “We are working to identify the sectors and companies most at risk. There are industries for which the consumption of gas in their activities is preponderant and therefore they are experiencing supply and sustainability difficulties. We do this in conjunction with the European Commission. » When will it be announced? “This plan will be announced and detailed in a few days […] It will not be ultra-general aid because we are, despite everything, in a period of economic recovery. Growth in 2021 is 7%, unemployment is at its lowest for 50 years. »
The government wants to “get closer to the minimum wage” on retirement
The government, after having distributed aid to many workers during the Covid crisis, now wants to help again – the Ukrainian crisis obliges – certain sectors that have been badly affected. But where to get the money? “There are several ministries, each with its own budget, certain parts of the budget are planned to be consumed at the end of the year, it is budget management. Since the beginning of the Covid crisis, we have always shown that we are able to distribute aid when it is needed. ” The cost ? “22 billion in 2022.”
On the subject of retirement and more specifically the reform of Emmanuel Macron, who wishes to push it back to 65, Olivier Dussopt explained that the government wants to “get closer to the minimum wage. The reform must have two objectives: sustainability, because our model is not funded, and justice”, adding that “we must take precariousness into account, penalize those who have choppy careers, and ensure that this system finally be fairer. Let’s give things time to happen. »
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