Augmentation du SMIC, budget, ministère de la jeunesse: le patron du medef réagit – Transcript

00:00Restore access to housing and we increase solid because that is what companies could do to give a little purchasing power back to the French Increase salaries increase the minimum wage That is what Jean-Luc Menachan proposed as we remember on August 27th at the mid-deaf meetings a proposal that was met with laughter knee That is totally false. No, that's not true. We must increase the minimum wage We must increase the minimum wage If you don't increase salaries, you won't be laughing for long because you will have a recession

00:28And this country salaries and popular consumption popular consumption accounts for 55% of the GDP So you will be laughing on the other side of your face if you don't share more Those are not laughs that we hear that is totally false It illustrates exactly I must admit the excellent communication strategy of LFI if I it is a caricature of fake news Besides you were able to observe that I was not laughing at all Indeed why did part of the audience?

00:55Because mr. Melanchon took 40 minutes before answering the very specific Question that had been addressed to him as it had been to all the other candidates namely what should be done about salaries So at a certain point we wondered is he ever gonna answer he ended up doing it. That is what sparked a few smiles I cannot let you say that we received mr. Melanchon very well Just as we received all the other candidates well, and I am very attentive to ensuring we respect our guests

01:19Yes, and I am furthermore very attentive to the fact that in this country where the national sport from now on is tearing each other apart Throwing anathemas and insults Madame Binet again recently regarding Medef and myself in Le Monde We still bring a bit of serenity and rationality and the increase of the minimum wage on the birth But we want to increase salaries. We have made proposals to increase salaries. They are documented. They are documented That was lowering charges validated

01:49So there is this dimension I would say because Employees and companies bear from now on a part of the financing of the social protection system that we are attached to which disqualifies them Companies in terms of competitiveness employees in terms of net income So we have made proposals in that direction But the mother of all battles is that we have more people working young people I hope we will get to that seniors as well and So with political measures perhaps inspired by good intentions

02:18We have dreamed French prosperity and that is the real answer and it is exactly what is happening in other countries I'm not talking about Papua New Guinea. I'm talking about Germany. I'm talking about the Netherlands as The Netherlands is an extraordinary economic and therefore social success story So there we don't need to reinvent the wheel We must put the country back in a position to produce more Regarding the budget the government has estimated the scale of the hurdle 30 billion euros to be found

02:48For that they are considering six billion in cuts from retirees the wealthier retirees either through a freeze in indexing or by eliminating the 10% tax deduction So for retirees subject to income tax are retirees legitimate in participating in the national effort Up on a small detour I would add that by trimming payroll tax relief the state has already hit us for six billion euros We consequently are no longer available to raise wages

03:18There's a principle of coherence at some point and since I am speaking of the principle of coherence What is being proposed to under index or d-index pensions or to fully or partially challenge this tax break is exactly the counterpart to the Euro of what's suspending the born and to rein pension reforms costs to the very last euro And so those who push for that took on a very grave responsibility But they are not the last to get worked up that we must as a result under index or d-index pensions

03:47I am ready to hear everything to discuss everything when I go to the fact that you money day for the third time It is indeed a demonstration of politics and coherence But yes of courage. It was the theme of our event before 20,000 business leaders courage Patrick Martin on the budget We also going to raise the question of whether or not businesses should contribute Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Sebastian Le Corneux spoke to try and reassure business leaders Notably with a commitment to lower the exceptional contribution that was established last year

04:15This contribution was only supposed to last one year Ultimately, it will be extended but less significant than last year. The Prime Minister promised Are you reassured by this statement? Or do you say as I have heard that companies large companies are the government's cash cows when it comes to finding a budget Listen, I believe that in all things when let's go at the right authors last year a Senate report was cited claiming that Businesses were stuffed with aid that is absolutely false There is a Senate report another one that came out last week confirming that French companies are the most heavily taxed

04:44In the world So there to we must face reality We are well aware of the country's situation including socially but we cannot want everything and the opposite of everything And we want to set things right Did the prime minister's promise reassure you?

05:00It partially reassured us for two reasons First because even if only partially this seven billion year old annual surtax would be partly renewed As you reminded us yourself it was supposed to last one year. So this would make it three years Second it seems to be the starting point for the budget in parliament parliament Experience shows that with this completely fractured parliament and even more so with a presidential election approaching the starting point won't necessarily be the end point I'm waiting to see but I welcome the prime minister's gesture the hindered generation

05:29It is therefore these young people who are Worried about finding work and housing Concerns that young people express today to zinedine azuzi for cc avu We have to eat pay for transportation and pay for school It's complicated often in several sectors. We are told that it's quite blocked The job market unless you already have an established network the degree is almost useless We wonder what our studies are for what our masters degrees are for what our masters

05:59We have crow yoyo's housing that is overcrowded and for the most part it's not sanitary at all But we always have the feeling that it's our fault actually if we can't find work It's our fault if we can't find housing. It's our fault. I think that one of the climate isn't just what it is south rages You don't say sacrifice generation, but hindered generation Why hindered and hindered by what in your opinion first I would like to establish a diagnosis that not everyone is aware of and that shocks me

06:27We have a completely abnormal situation in france with a youth employment rate of 35 versus 51 Germany 75 the Netherlands and a youth unemployment rate twice the european average and seven times that of Switzerland It's all this leaves young people without training No young people as a whole young people generally because we're talking about young people with no training We have 1.5 million needs. That is young people neither in employment nor in education nor in training This thing is crazy and we act like it doesn't exist

06:57By definition young people are our future If the medef is fully determined we will address and most importantly solve this problem I have made commitments. I will give them to you if you wish If we solve this issue, we first resolve human situations as was just mentioned, which are dramatic in a number of cases We solve mental health problems because the mental health of young people Especially when they are needs is dramatic We solve public finance problems because by working they will contribute to funding our social model

07:27We solve growth problems and we solve recruitment shortages in companies Which will only worsen due to demographics new to demographics. I do not understand I do not understand why even the unions aren't totally focused on this subject Which I make for the medef this may be surprising the absolute priority mind you ahead of taxation ahead of labor laws So how do we concretely solve this problem and what can companies do specifically?

07:53Well first by drawing inspiration. There is the direct subject of national education You've seen how classes are more present in companies Should be present You must break the silos our country is dying from From postures of turf wars of protected territories of prejudice of prejudice We must break them like all other european countries, but also asian countries african countries Morocco for example, we must break these barriers between the world of education and the business world

08:21We are already doing a line that direction, but we wouldn't be here if we were at the right scale What does that mean? It means we must welcome and encourage many more teachers many more principals many more students to play along many more students to play We already host 200 000 per year We host 98.5 of apprentices The public sector has 25 of jobs and 1.5 of apprentices So we are doing the job, but we really need to change scale and it is an emergency because Otherwise including on the political level we expose ourselves to very painful days ahead ahead

08:50We expose ourselves to a radicalization of the youth. Is that what you fear? But yes when there's 1.5 million needs for example, there are 20 percent more than 20 percent higher education graduates If that is improved, I was going to say by absurdity pardon to them that the french organization system doesn't work It conforms too much in certain fields and not enough in others. You do five six seven years of studies You've made intellectual efforts and material ones a 40 i If you come from a modest background and you go in good faith with ambition with good intentions and in the end

09:19You have no professional prospects I understand that some of them in any case are angry or resigned which is almost even worse And when you analyze the vote when these young people vote well, it's all said it's the extreme votes It's understandable or high abstention Patrick martin this month of september one of the issues is also the climate question still with a very hot month 34 degrees Celsius today in montpellier 30 degrees Celsius in ren with a heat peak tomorrow and a challenge in the corporate world

09:48How do we adapt? How do we shift work hours for example? A question raised back in may by tondelia the leader of the ecologist with this proposal I proposed I proposed a climate leave so it would be a new paid leave for workers since there will be more and more extreme heat There are jobs that cannot be performed in extreme heat In these cases there are those who can work remotely and those who cannot go to work. Is it up to them to bear the cost?

10:16So a new five-day leave not just for construction workers as is the case today with three days during a heat wave No, it would apply to exposed employees vulnerable people and also parents forced to keep their children home That's quite a lot of people An idea met with quite a bit of skepticism or even mockery by a large part of the political class last spring David lisner for example the republican mayor of can called it demagogic leave at the time

10:41The criticisms are more timid. It's true after the sweltering summer. We just had a subject is being taken seriously at the ministry of labor Last week minister Jean-Pierre Ferrandu invited union and employer leaders on a class trip to spain to get inspiration from our neighbors And he is not closing the door to a work stoppage When it's truly too hot and work becomes very difficult it may be wise to reach an agreement and stop working

11:07We do it today in a I would say piecemeal way in companies and in certain sectors highly exposed to heat risks Perhaps we should go further as they did in spain by translating agreements into collective bargaining So Patrick Martin, I believe you are all expected this thursday at the ministry for a debrief the employer and union representatives the employer and union of The goal is to agree before october and then negotiate sector by sector while awaiting ring tone the leader's climate leave Still divides we asked the question on the social media pages of set avoo

11:36Arnault says on facebook that she was right too early, but that she is right nima nonsense Leave always leave she says on instagram and on facebook always Evelyn, how would she finance this measure marina ton the layer that is the big question Patrick Martin, would you be ready to go as far as climate leave or is it a proposal an economic aberration?

11:56Now based on the comments you've had you know which site I lean toward I cannot say one thing in its opposite I cannot say that france doesn't produce enough doesn't work enough We have a huge problem with employment rates and the amount of work yet on the other hand say at the slightest occasion We need leave That's not the slightest occasion Next to Jean-Pierre Fernando was my vice president and friend a magnificent business leader who was in spain and gave me a precise report In spain there are support measures and schedule adjustments that go further than what exists in france. You mentioned it for example in construction

12:27We are absolutely ready to think about that Although they're meaning working in the evening instead of the afternoon Also, there are issues that aren't specific to company adaptation for example more example But we are looking into adaptation if we start work at five or six in the morning How do we handle childcare from nine o'clock? It raises real questions There are because we cannot we cannot work staggered hours not everyone can work staggered hours Still there are many people who can work staggered hours. I mean I see it in my own company We had teams start much earlier when people during the heat wave. Yeah the heat wave

12:55Uh, we obviously need to provide water, but when I talk about adaptation, it's not just about hours is also about the buildings It is exactly the same issue as in hospitals and housing for that matter or in classrooms So there is a huge effort to be made including by companies to adapt on all these fronts We are ready to make them. We must do it in good cooperation with the unions As a general rule on these subjects, we make good progress with the unions So I am not at all. Uh, I am not at all resigned nor pessimistic

13:25And you are not resigned either since you are calling for youth to become a great national cause That is to say in this book generation peshé which will be available this thursday in all bookstores They with us Patrick Martin