"The People's directives" Demands made by the yellow vests in France

submitted by useless_aether from self.Europe

  • End of the tax hike on fuel.
  • Promote the transport of goods by rail.
  • Tax on marine fuel oil and kerosene.
  • Monthly minimum wage at 1,300 euros net ($1947 CAD per month after taxes).
  • Indexing of all wages, pensions and allowances to inflation.
  • Nationalization of the fuel for home heating and electricity sectors.
  • More progressive income tax (more marginal tax brackets).
  • The end of the austerity.
  • No withholding tax.
  • Restoring the taxes for the ultra-wealthy.
  • Same social security system for all workers, including the self-employed.
  • The pension system must remain in solidarity and therefore socialized.
  • No retirement pension below 1,200 euros ($1797/month CAD).
  • Increase of disability allowances.
  • Retirement at age 60, and a right to early retirement at 55 for workers who have worked a hard manual labour job.
  • Continuation of the Pajemploi help system until the child is 10 years old.
  • End of outsourcing of work for French corporations.
  • Limit the number of fixed-term contracts for large companies, replaced with more full time employment.
  • Maximum salary fixed at 15,000 euros [monthly] ($22469/month, or maximum annual salary of ~$270,000).
  • Jobs for the unemployed.
  • Any elected representative will be entitled to the median national salary.
  • The popular referendum must enter into the Constitution. Creating a readable and effective site, supervised by an independent control body where people can make a proposal for a law. If this bill obtains 700,000 signatures then this bill will have to be discussed, completed and amended by the National Assembly, which will have the obligation, one year to the day after obtaining the 700,000 signatures, to submit it to the vote of all French.
  • Return to a seven-year term for the President of the Republic.
  • End of presidential allowances for life.
  • Proportional voting system.
  • Elimination of of the Senate.
  • Accounting of the protest/blank/none of the above ballots.
  • Promote small businesses in villages and town centers. Stop the construction of large commercial areas around the big cities that kill the small business. More free parking in city centers.
  • No further privatization of French infrastructure.
  • Improved funding for the justice system, the police, the gendarmerie and the army.
  • All the money earned by highway tolls will be used for the maintenance of motorways and roads in France and road safety.
  • Immediate closure of private trains, post offices, schools and maternity homes.
  • Maximum 25 students per class for all ages.
  • Large corporations (McDonald's, Google, Amazon, Carrefour ...) pay big [taxes], small businesses (artisans, SMEs) pay small [taxes].
  • Protect the French industry to prohibit outsourcing.
  • End of the business tax credit. Use this money for the launch of a French hydrogen car industry.
  • Eliminate credit card fees for merchants.
  • Lower employers' charges.
  • Continue exemption of farm diesel.
  • Improve the lives of the elderly, by banning exploitation and making money off the elderly.
  • Substantial boosts in mental health fund.
  • Prohibition of glyphosate.
  • Immediate end to temporary foreign worker programs.
  • Plan for improving insulation of housing (help the environment by helping the household).
  • Rent control. More low-rent housing (especially for students and precarious workers).
  • Treat the root causes of forced migration.
  • Fair treatment of asylum seekers . We owe them housing, security, food and education. Work with the UN to have host camps open in many countries around the world, pending the outcome of the asylum application.
  • Return of unsuccessful asylum seekers to their country of origin.
  • Real integration policy is implemented. Living in France means becoming French (French language course, French history course and civic education course with certification at the end of the course).
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[–]useless_aether[S] 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

looks like the french citizens are pretty awesome

[–]Mnemonic 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

I agree. A few things I don't know (like: Pajemploi help system) and a few things I really don't know enough about (Elimination of of the Senate.) and I hope 'Maximum 25 students per class for all ages' is only for schools and not universities.

But this seems like a dream for both left and right, so all the people.

End of the business tax credit. Use this money for the launch of a French hydrogen car industry.

Wait a sec... is this a /u/Chop_Chop instigated revolution?

[–]JasonCarswell 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wonder how many they'll actually get. They should have WAAAY overshot so when it inevitably falls short it's still good. Though this is better than Obama who started negotiations from the center.

I would have liked to see Universal Basic Income listed. Notice how Wikipedia removes "Universal" so it sounds basic : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income

[–]EndlessSunflowers 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I really like this list! especially this one:
"Any elected representative will be entitled to the median national salary."

[–]useless_aether[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

i like the 'no glyphosate'

[–]JasonCarswell 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

NICE ! ! !

I like how they slipped this one in:

  • No more fucking or eating babies.

It's in there. Look for it.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Here's my favorite.

Welease Wodger!