Emmanuel Macron gave an interview to Jean-Pierre Pernaut during the 13H TF1 conducted from a primary school in Berd’huis (Orne). The main announcements.
For an hour, Emmanuel Macron answered questions from TF1 journalist Jean-Pierre Pernaut live from a school in the village of Berd’huis in the Orne .
The Head of State was particularly questioned on employment, rurality, 80Km/h, retirees or the reform of the SNCF. The eight points to remember.
No privatization of the SNCF
Asked about the reform of the SNCF, the head of state promised “to go to the end”, despite the protest of railway workers .
The president has “absolutely guaranteed” that the SNCF will remain a public company . “It will be in the law: 100% state capital,” he assured. And at the address of the striker railway workers, the president ” calls rather to calm”.
“I heard them.”
“I ask everyone to make a little effort, but this is really the condition for continuing to have a great public rail service. ”
#SNCF : “Oui aller au bout ! Parce que nous devons faire cette réforme, elle est indispensable. Il y a une hypocrisie collective à ne pas le faire” @EmmanuelMacron dans #LE13H de @pernautjp #EMacronTF1 pic.twitter.com/D0GmMel85u
— TF1LeJT (@TF1LeJT) 12 April 2018
#SNCF : “Ce sera une entreprise publique à capitaux 100% public, mais qui va se réorganiser” @EmmanuelMacron dans #LE13H de @pernautjp #EMacronTF1 pic.twitter.com/CYuVfZBS3C
— TF1LeJT (@TF1LeJT) 12 April 2018
The taxe d’habitation removed for all French
The president has also announced the abolition, by the end of his five-year term, of the taxe d’habitation for all French people .
It is “the most unjust tax ever”. “The goal” is that “the totality” of the French be exonerated in four years.
“I said 80%, I wish it could be all, because if a tax is not good for 80% of the French, it is not good for all.”
Taxe d’habitation : “Ce que les Français ne payeront plus, l’Etat la payera. L’Etat remboursera totalement les communes” @EmmanuelMacron dans #LE13H de @pernautjp #EMacronTF1 pic.twitter.com/F9cYMe5m07
— TF1LeJT (@TF1LeJT) 12 April 2018
80 km/h on secondary roads: a report after two years
Asked about reducing the speed to 80 km / h on secondary roads, the head of state has undertaken its reform and praised the action of Jacques Chirac, who was the “hardest” and the most “courageous “On Road Safety.
But “if it does not work, we will not continue” after two years of experimentation , he promised.
#Vitesse : “Au 1er juillet, pour 2 ans, on va limiter sur ces routes à 80km/h…. On peut dire que c’est une mesure technocratique… mais vous irez expliquer aux familles des victimes qu’elle n’était pas utile.” @EmmanuelMacron dans #LE13H de @pernautjp #EMacronTF1 pic.twitter.com/yYcqwq7VG6
— TF1LeJT (@TF1LeJT) 12 April 2018
“I never took a retiree for a portfolio”: he assumes the increase of the CSG
About the rise of the CSG which concerns about 8 million Frenchmen, Emmanuel Macron has assumed its very unpopular measure among retirees.
“I say ‘thank you’ and I tell them one thing:” I never took a pensioner for a wallet , assured the head of state (…) I have a lot of consideration for our elders. ”
“If we do not make this reform, in five years, in ten years, we will no longer be able to finance this pension system and we will not get the country back on track,” he said.
“Je n’ai jamais pris un retraité pour un portefeuille” @EmmanuelMacron dans #LE13H de @pernautjp #EMacronTF1 > https://t.co/L4DDcE0BYR pic.twitter.com/tzmmeC8TB3
— TF1LeJT (@TF1LeJT) 12 April 2018
Incentive-free incentives in companies with fewer than 250 employees
From 1 January 2019, incentive bonuses will be exempt from social security contributions in companies with fewer than 250 employees , notably announced Emmanuel Macron.
He said that this elimination of the “social package” could affect more than 10 million employees and that it would “see from the first day on the pay slip.”
On the decrease of the expenses in the companies, he did not exclude to go “further” in “according to the economic context”.
Hospitals: “we will not invest anymore”
The President of the Republic has promised more resources for hospitals .
“I’ll make announcements in the summer. We will put more resources, “he said. “We need to reorganize the health care system. We will no longer invest, reorganize the hospital and do more for the staff. ”
“We need to have an emergency care access system where people are allowed to do their job well, not paid for it. We will instead pay for the care path, “he added.
Blocking universities: there will be many exams
About the blockage of the facs in France, Emmanuel Macron assured that “there would be no chocolate exams”.
“The professionals of the disorder must understand that one is in a state of order.”
They are not students but professional agitators (…) They must understand that we are in a state of law. To the students, he calls them to review their exams. Because “there will be no chocolate examination in the Republic,” he warned.
#Universités : “Les étudiants doivent comprendre une chose : s’ils veulent avoir leurs examens en fin d’années ils doivent réviser. Car il n’y aura pas d’examens en chocolat dans cette République.” @EmmanuelMacron dans #LE13H de @pernautjp #EMacronTF1 > https://t.co/aF9FPoePfx pic.twitter.com/eq52otx8Hl
— TF1LeJT (@TF1LeJT) 12 April 2018
#Universités : “Dans beaucoup d’universités occupées, ce ne sont pas des étudiants mais des agitateurs professionnels, des professionnels du désordre” @EmmanuelMacron dans #LE13H de @pernautjp #EMacronTF1 > https://t.co/aF9FPoePfx pic.twitter.com/NXO2OXHdPz
— TF1LeJT (@TF1LeJT) 12 April 2018
Syria: yes, there has been use of chemical weapons
On the situation in Syria, “we have evidence” that the regime of Bashar Al-Assad used chemical weapons , said Emmanuel Macron.
He promised that he would make decisions “in a timely manner” at the “most useful and effective” time.
Nous avons la preuve que des armes chimiques ont été utilisées par le régime de Bachar el-Assad. #EMacronTF1 pic.twitter.com/CaJJ19wdOp
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) 12 April 2018
