It is true that he remained rather vague, arguing that it is the government which must quantify the measures, but the exercise was delicate, and it was quite good. Even if you suspect it, I do not agree on the diagnosis. He says that they are going to quantify the loss of income from tax evasion, but we already know that it is around 100 billion per year, so what can they do, since it is linked to our membership of the European Union.
EXCLUSIVE SURVEY - According to our Harris Interactive/Epoka agency survey carried out in partnership with RTL and LCI, the French believe that the Head of State's press conference does not mark a major change in policy.
It was a decisive press conference for Emmanuel Macron. And yet, 63% of French people did not find the head of state convincing on Thursday evening, according to our Harris Interactive / Epoka agency survey carried out in partnership with RTL and LCI. Only 30% of them found it “convincing” and 7% “very convincing”.
Among the measures announced, 65% of French people are against increasing working hours. 58% are against extending the contribution period to have a full pension; 59% think that the non-restoration of the ISF is "a bad thing".
However, 52% approve of the abolition of the ENA, 65% welcome the the possibility of waiving the elimination of 120.000 civil servant posts - contrary to Emmanuel Macron's campaign promise -; 65% approve of the lowering of the threshold of signatures necessary for a referendum of shared initiative; 66% agree with the annual debate in Parliament on immigration; 69% approve of setting up an RIC at the local level; 72% are for the creation of an ecological defense council, 77% approve of the continuation of the exceptional end-of-year bonus of 1000 euros tax-free and without social security contributions; 77% welcome the maintenance of the legal retirement age at 62, 84% think that the re-indexation of pensions of less than 2000 euros on inflation is a good thing,... The most popular measure being the absence of school and hospital closures until 2022 without the agreement of the mayor of the municipality (86% approval).
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If individually the measures announced by Emmanuel Macron are generally approved by the French, they are 61% to think that they do not constitute the mark of a significant modification compared to what has been done since the beginning of the five-year term. 65% say they don't meet their expectations. Above all, they are 80% to judge that these announcements will not put an end to the movement of "yellow vests".
source: The Figaro.fr
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