World Cup, spending power, NATO: This week in French politics – The Connexion

This week, MPs are set to study the bill aimed at improving peoples spending power after its contents were examined by Frances commission mixte paritaire (joint committee) following reviews from senators last week.

The government will bring forward the results of estimations on Frances projected growth and spending for debate by MPs as part of a report that seeks to establish economic stability.

Other debates include topics already discussed, such as the integration of Finland and Sweden into NATO and the projet de loi de finances rectificative (PLFR) budget amendment bill.

The governments proposed measures on spending power received support from members of conservative Les Rpublicains (LR) and far-right Rassemblement National (RN), who said that they were moving in the right direction.

Tuesday, August 2

The report contains government projections on growth, public spending and debt The Connexion understands.

Estimates from the government are expected to take into consideration the spending power and the PLFR bill.

Wednesday, August 3

French military, police and firefighter forces will offer assistance to Qatari forces in handling, planning, monitoring and intervening on every security aspect of football games during the World Cup.

The commission is composed of seven MPs and seven senators from both chambers and is charged with finding a compromise on conflicts between senators and MPs.

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Senators from the Les Rpublicains (LR) group have previously expressed the desire to free up access to work, encouraging unemployed and underemployed people to find employment rather than offering them state support.

For example, LR senators already proposed an amendment to the spending power bill which would have kept increases to the revenu de solidarit active (RSA) benefit payment below the 4% rise that was eventually agreed. This amendment was rejected by the Senate.

The bill was passed to the Senate on Thursday after a heated Assemble nationale debate which continued into Tuesday night.

Thursday, August 4

The PLFR is designed to explore new measures aimed at containing inflation and protecting spending power, and proposes to spend 55billion after an unexpectedly strong 7% growth in 2021.

The bill will be discussed on Thursday and Friday.

Monday, August 1

Wednesday, August 3

The report comes after several fires have caused considerable damage in Brittany and southern France in a summer heatwave that saw record-breaking temperatures.

The heatwave also convinced the government to increase the countrys water bomber plane capacity to cope with future fires, which are predicted to grow more frequent as a result of climate change.

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