On does not know any more about the program of the Socialist Party [PS]after the Congress in Nancy, which ended on Sunday June 15. But inspiration could come from across the Channel. After all, Edouard Philippe (Horizons) resuscitates Margaret Thatcher well, in The price of our lies (JC Lattès, 192 pages, 14.90 euros), published in June.
After fourteen years in opposition, Labor, led by the very moderate Keir Starmer, have a large majority. For a tourist in 2027, the most spectacular change will be the uniqueness of the Ferré network under the Great British Railways banner. The British suffered a structurally faulty service, despite the highest rates in Europe and public subsidies, due to the break -up between a myriad of private companies. Nationalization should change the situation. The government provides for a large investment plan in regional trains, and a reduction in subsidies, at unchanged tariff.
Because the conservatives have bequeathed a very degraded budgetary situation. Faced with this emergency, Labor has set a CAP: increase the samples to avoid austerity and not impose restrictions on public services. In France, the government has the opposite temptation and plans to put public services to the dry diet, so as not to increase taxes. We are definitely not talking about the same language on both sides of the Channel!
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The new resources of Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Echiquier [équivalent du ministre des finances]weigh on households and businesses. Besides, for example, a taxation of private jet flights, a major measure concerns private education. In the United Kingdom, public money is almost exclusively reserved for public schools; Private teachers are not paid by the State. As a result, there are twice as many children who go to the private sector and parents pay on average per child 25,000 euros annually. In Paris, educating your child in the prestigious Stanislas college, which benefits from generous grants, especially from the Ile-de-France region, costs only 2,000 euros.
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Source: Lemonde