Below 1,700 euros net, any increase in the minimum wage would amount to "crumbs given by people who have distributed billions to the richest", declares LFI MP Antoine Léaument

“I no longer expect much from this government, apart from replacing it with ourselves,” declared the MP (LFI) for Essonne, Antoine Léaument, on franceinfo on Sunday November 8, on the eve of the social conference which will bring together the head of government, employers and unions on Monday, to discuss in particular measures to combat the high cost of living. According to Antoine Léaument, the minimum wage must be increased to 1,700 euros net. A lower revaluation, “these are crumbs”, he believes, granted by “people who have distributed billions of euros to the richest people in our country.

""I no longer expect much from this government, apart from replacing it with ourselves", declares LFI MP Antoine Léaument about Monday's social conference. According to him, the minimum wage should be revalued to €1,700 net, below "these are crumbs" #8h30franceinfo pic. twitter.

com/i5vhWN9NDz - franceinfo (@franceinfo) November 8, 2026 “What happened in previous years with Emmanuel Macron was a generalized impoverishment of the population,” laments Antoine Léaument. “Today, people who work, paid the minimum wage, cannot make ends meet because of the increase in energy bills, in particular electricity or fuel,” observes the MP for Essonne. Also read Bar of 1,500 euros, 10% increase, 100 euros more… What are the proposals from the government and the unions on the minimum wage?

Reviving consumption "from below" With an increase in the minimum wage, "you increase the share of contributions that is paid and you improve the social accounts of Social Security and retirement", he defends. With his party, the rebellious MP wants to "start from the bottom and revive consumption, since consumption is 53% of France's GDP". Another measure defended by LFI, in the face of SMEs' fears over the increase in the minimum wage: "making corporate tax progressive", defends Antoine Léaument, who denounces the fact that large companies have received a lot of unrequited aid and today pay less taxes than smaller ones, through tax optimization.

According to him, with Emmanuel Macron and his financial policy in recent years, money has "gone into dividends, into the financial sphere" with "the richest in our country who have seen their fortune double in ten years".

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