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The media has for the most part failed to explain that the Gilets Jaunes protests are about much more than the cost of fuel. Here is the list of The People’s Guidelines together with an English outline translation.
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English (outline) translation
Members of France, we share with you the People’s Guidelines to enable you to translate them into LAW.
– Zero homelessness : URGENT
– Progressive taxation
– Minimum wage of 1300 euros
– Prioritise small businesses in villages and town centres. (stop building out of town shopping centres)
– National plan for the insulation of buildings
– Fair taxation of large multinationals (e.g. Amazon, Carrefour)
– Same social security system for all system for retirement to remain unified
– end tax rises on fuel
– Pensions 1200 euros
– Minimum median salary for elected representatives (their reasonable expenses to be reimbursed)
– Wages and pensions to be indexed to inflation
– Protect French industry (forbid relocation to protect jobs and skills)
– End cheap foreign labour (foreign workers having the right to work in France to be paid on an equal basis with French workers)
– Llmit the use of short-term contracts by large employers
– End the CICE tax (to encourage green investment) and use the money to invest in the development of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles which are genuinely green
– End the politics of austerity
– stop reimbursing illegal debt by taking money from ordinary people (instead chase up on large scale tax fraud)
– treat the causes of forced migration
– Treat asylum seekers well in terms of housing, food, safety and education for children
– Open reception camps in a range of countries so the unsuccessful applicants can be safely returned
– Unsuccessful asylum applicants to be returned to their country of origin
– Genuine integration of newly settled people (including certificated courses in the French language, history and civics)
– fFxed maximum salary of 15 000 euros
– Job creation for the unemployed
– Increase in disability benefits
– Limitation on rents
– Stop selling off French assets, (e.g. dams, airports)
– Consistent payment to the judiciary, army, police and gendarmerie (including pay for extra hours worked)
– All the money taken in road tolls to be used for the upkeep of roads and motorways, and for road safety
– Return to public ownership of gas and electricity, and consequent lowering of prices
– Stop closing small railway lines, post offices, nurseries and schools
– Promote the well-being of elderly people (stop their financial exploitation)
– Maximum class size of 25 in all schools
– Consistent payment for psychiatric services
– Establish an independent People’s Referendum where citizens may propose and vote on changes to the law
– Return to a mandate of 7 years for the President of the Republic
– Retirement at 60 for all, and for those who do heavy physical work the right to retire at 55
– Raise the child’s cut-off age for child-minding services for working parents from 6 to 10
– Prioritize the transport of goods by rail
– No taxation at source (which is being introduced January 2019)
– End life-long benefits for Presidents
– End taxation of businesses when a customer pays by credit card
– Tax maritime fuel and kerosene
This is not an exhaustive list and would be added to via the People’s Referendum process.