"A bandage on an immense wound": Jordan Bardella deems the government's announced SMIC increase insufficient and instead proposes a 10% salary rise exempt from charges

For Jordan Bardella, the increase in the minimum wage put forward by the government is only "a plaster on a huge wound". Guest of the program “Face à BFM” on BFMTV, the president of the National Rally reacted Tuesday evening to the boost in the minimum wage announced Monday by the executive by denouncing an “insufficient” measure. “I think that this solution is not only insufficient, but that it is a sticking plaster on a huge wound in this emergency at the end of the month,” said Jordan Bardella, whose party does not wish to force businesses to increase the minimum wage.

At the end of a social conference in Matignon which brought together unions and employers, the Prime Minister announced on Monday a 0.6% increase in the minimum wage from December 1, which will be added to its automatic price increase, which stands at +1%. It will therefore reach 1,502 euros net per month, a monthly increase of around 24 euros.

Without this gesture from the government, the increase would have been approximately 15 euros net on January 1, 2027. Not enough to satisfy either the unions or the employers' organizations. The CFDT or the CGT are respectively demanding an increase of 100 and 150 euros net per month.

This Tuesday, the general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet, once again castigated the increase proposed by the executive and deplored a “yellow coin operation”. “Release 10% salary increase” On BFMTV, Jordan Bardella instead proposes “to release 10% salary increase, 10% net increase which would be exempt from charges for business leaders”. A measure which would, according to the president of the RN, have the merit of affecting employees "up to three times the minimum wage", or "15 million employees", compared to "two million" as part of an increase in the minimum wage.

On Thursday, Marine Le Pen indicated that she refused to force companies to increase wages, as requested in particular by the CGT. According to the presidential candidate, companies could “not cope” and would therefore carry out “a wave of layoffs”.

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