Inflation, rising prices, the feeling of falling purchasing power is really the chimera of the French?
We have known since April, things are looking bad for the purchasing power of the French. Indeed, with a price increase of 3.2% over one year, it is true, caused in part by a certain and predictable surge in commodity prices (oil and cereals), the French will have to wait to see this trend changing. Moreover, according to Insee, had not experienced such a boom since 1987, more than 20 years. The balance sheet looks so gloomy, wages that are stagnating or declining, the staples that are increasing, which measures only exacerbate an already critical situation, it seems to go into the wall.
Our critics oppose us always this fantasy, supposedly felt by the French and "some reality" of things. But the debate is not there, for playing with the statistics, one can easily cite catastrophic. We can thus note that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that reminds us sadly there would be more than 2.5 million people considered "poor", that is to say with less than 50% of average earnings. It is neither more nor less than a progression of this idea of the Fourth World. Another phenomenon that must be taken into account and that seems so often forgotten is that the number of poor households has decreased until 1984, but behind this movement, we must see that the share of work-related income declined while that of aid has increased. Then talk about revaluation of the work when millions of employees working do not even have enough to live on their work, it is "the hospital does not care about charity."
The revolt up, rises and rises again, but how much? Strike at Europe's leading chicken, Sweet, strike at 3 Suisses, La Redoute ... demonstration for the purchasing power this May 1. Short, "the" seems to be given a busy month of May!
