Anne Hidalgo defends her presidential proposals and again refuses the rallying to Yannick Jadot – archyde

The presidential campaign of the socialist candidate is well and truly launched. Invited Monday, October 25 of the special presidential morning of Franceinfo, Anne Hidalgo defended, for two hours, her first measures and refused to line up behind the environmental candidate, Yannick Jadot.

Asked about the government’s announcement of the establishment of a exceptional bonus of 100 euros to compensate for the rise in energy prices, the socialist candidate denounced “A fairly patronage check during an election period” and estimated that “This is not at all the measure that should be done”. She recalled defending the reduction of the value added tax (VAT) on fuels from 20% to 5.5%, in order to act directly for the portfolio. “Of the middle and more modest classes”.

Throughout this interview, the mayor of Paris and candidate of the Socialist Party (PS) also returned to her presidential proposals, presented, Saturday 23 October, during his investiture convention, in Lille. Climate solidarity wealth tax (ISF), right to vote at 16, doubling of salaries and teachers, carbon neutrality in 2050, equal pay, right to die with dignity, rent control, decentralization … A set of measures that must allow relaunch his campaign after a difficult start.

On the issue of work, Anne Hidalgo wishes to convene a “Big salary conference” upon his election, in order to revalue salaries, in particular those of “First of duty” and allow an increase in the minimum wage “Massive, at least between 10% and 15%, of the order of 150 euros”. For the faculty, the one who had made the doubling of teachers’ salaries its first major measure announced defended an effective upgrading at the end of their career. “I propose to ensure that teachers initially earn at least the equivalent of what a bac + 5 earns”, that is “2,300 euros”, she supported, stressing that the costing of the measure was under study.

A “climate ISF” in favor of the most modest

The PS candidate also defended the establishment of a climate ISF, a measure carried during the ecological primary by the mayor of Grenoble, Eric Piolle. “This is indeed the ISF which will be entirely dedicated to a fund to support ecological transition, especially for the most modest”, said the mayor of Paris.

In favor of the introduction of the right to vote from the age of 16, a debate recently revived in the presidential campaign, M^me Hidalgo declared not to ” close the door ” to an opening of eligibility from the same age, that is to say the possibility for young people of 16 years to stand for an election.

As for gender equality, the candidate who wants to accelerate the implementation of equal pay from here to 2027 declared: “I won’t necessarily have a male prime minister by my side. I think it is really time for our beautiful country to be this great modern nation that recognizes women on an equal footing. “

Refusal to side with Yannick Jadot

During this interview, Anne Hidalgo also rejected the call to side with the candidacy of Yannick Jadot, launched the day before by Sandrine Rousseau. At the same microphone, the special advisor of the environmental candidate had called for Anne Hidalgo to join their campaign instead: “I said, come Anne and collaborate with us, come and cooperate with us, come and take your place in this ecological and social adventure. “ “It is not a question of domination, of humiliation of one political force vis-à-vis another”, she had assured.

Anne Hidalgo firmly refused this call on Monday, October 25:

“Thank you Sandrine, but I won’t do it under these conditions. I will bring this voice and this proposal everywhere in France to the French. And then what is enough, the Republic, its face, it is also feminine! “

The PS candidate thus insisted on the legitimacy of the incarnation of her socialist political family in the presidential election. “This family will continue to exist and I will wear their colors with pride. Have we been successful all the time in history? No. Have there been failures, mistakes? Yes. You have to assume them, no one is perfect, but we learn ”, she insisted. M^me Hidalgo thus stated: “I am a woman of the left, an environmentalist by deeds, and that, nobody will come to take it away from me. “