The parliamentary right renounces seven unpaid overtime hours for active workers

Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Republican Right group in the National Assembly, announced on Tuesday, November 26, that his group and the senators Les Républicains (LR) had agreed to waive a contribution aimed at forcing all active workers to work without pay for seven hours or more. per year, a measure included in the Social Security budget by the Senate.

“Reflection on working time is legitimate and the Senate did well to raise this question, but in the current period we cannot always ask for efforts from the same people, those who work and already pay many charges and fees.”he told Agence France-Presse (AFP), explaining that the right would support abandoning the measure on Wednesday in the mixed commission, a meeting of deputies and senators responsible for reaching a compromise.

“This morning with Mathieu Darnaud [président du groupe Les Républicains au Sénat], We have asked Matignon, with the support of Michel Barnier, to request additional savings in the state budget: more savings in the waste of public money, less effort from the French and less taxes »detailed the Haute Loire deputy.

A measure that should provide 2.5 billion euros

The head of the centrist group allied with the Republicans in the Senate, Hervé Marseille, stated for his part that he did not feel “uncommitted” for this agreement between LR parliamentarians. “It is painful and exhausting to discover it like this. “We do not intend to align ourselves with decisions made elsewhere”he complained to AFP.

During the examination of the Social Security financing bill, the Senate approved this measure that would mean providing the State with 2.5 billion euros, which would be added to the “Solidarity Day” already practiced and aimed at old age and disability.

The government said it was unfavorable. “at this stage” offering “redo” with the social partners, a position he repeated on Tuesday during questions to the government in the National Assembly. In exchange for this measure, employers would have seen their solidarity contribution rate for autonomy increase from 0.3% to 0.6%. But the measure is strongly opposed by the left and has caused surprise due to its form, even within the government camp.