JADOT PROGRAM. Increase in the minimum wage by 10%, recruitment of teachers, cannabis… Here are the 15 key measures of Yannick Jadot’s program for the presidential election.
What is Yannick Jadot’s program for the 2022 presidential election? The environmental candidate has posted his entire program online on this page of its website. Here is what to remember from the essential proposals, with the very concentrated summary of his program for the presidential election.
The candidate proposes, among its key measures, the10% increase in minimum wageto move towards the end of the five-year term at 1,500 euros”, even if this measure will depend “on the levels of inflation”. Yannick Jadot also wants to create a citizen income of 900 euros which would be paid automatically from the age of 18which can be combined with housing allowances and the activity bonus.
Another measure aimed at increasing the purchasing power of the French: the re-establishment of a Solidarity tax on wealth (ISF), abolished in 2017 by Emmanuel Macron and replaced by the real estate wealth tax. The environmental candidate provides for an ISF affecting assets over 2 million euros, with a broader base integrating professional assets and taking into account the carbon footprint. His political adviser, Eva Sas, even adds: “There will be a bonus/penalty system on assets, initially on real estate (depending on the energy performance of housing), then in a second time (on after a year), on the carbon footprint of financial investments, the time to set up a climate label.
A program focused on the fight against climate change
Regarding ecology and energy, Yannick Jadot also wishes renovate the 5 million so-called “thermal sieves” housing units within 10 years. It provides for a zero-charge remainder on thermal renovation for low-income households and wants to invest 10 billion euros per year in the renovation of buildings and public services. Companies and administrations will also be required to achieve a 50% reduction in their final energy consumption by 2030.
To “reduce dependence on the automobile”, the environmentalist candidate wishes to put end to the sale of new vehicles using fossil fuel by 2030 and convert the thermal engines on the marketthis is one of the levers which, according to him, would make it possible to achieve the objective of carbon neutrality that France has set for itself by 2050 and of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55%. greenhouse by 2030 on a European scale.
Still with the goal of carbon neutrality, the MEP wants a exit from nuclear power and aim for 100% renewable electricity thanks to wind power. He wants a “responsible” exit from nuclear power, by not building new power plants and by shutting down ten nuclear reactors “by 2035”.
Security, education, economy: the other proposals
In terms of security, Yannick Jadot has several key measures. The first would be the creation of an environmental policy and an environment center in the courts. Wishing to protect living things and biodiversity, he proposes to strengthen “protected natural areas, their financing and their governance, to reach 40% of protected areas on French land territory by 2030”. Moreover, in these same courts, the candidate wishes recruit 8,000 agents and 3,000 magistrates by promising to invest 1 billion euros in justice in five years.
Also, the environmental candidate wants a general review of sentences, in particular by “re-examining short-term prison sentences with regard to the provisions of community service and alternative sentences”. He also proposes to “redesign the judicial map”, to create “a free public service for mediation and conciliation, with professionals specifically trained for everyday disputes” and to “generalize group action”.
Concerning the cannabis file, Yanick Jadot wishes the legalize and that the State regulates the production and sale of cannabis. Sales taxes will fund public health and drug prevention policies. He also wants to relaunch the sale of Cannabidiol (CBD), in flower or leaf form, which has been banned in France since the end of 2021 while it is authorized everywhere in Europe.
The elected environmentalist wishes to change the law to “allow people who wish to have a chosen and peaceful end of life“by legalizing “assisted suicide” and “ensure the development and respect of advance directives”. living houses where families are welcomed.
For parents, Yannick Jadot suggests setting up a 16 weeks parental leave for each parent of which 8 would be mandatory. Maternity leave would be supplemented by childcare leave, shared between each parent, and parental leave would be compensated at 80% of the minimum wage over a maximum of three years. The parent could decide to take it until the majority of his child. Finally, from the first child, family allowances would be set at 70 euros per month and per child.
The environmental candidate is betting part of his program on education, with two major measures in particular. First, he wants recruit 65,000 teachers schoolchildren and 8,000 to 10,000 university teachers and raise their salaries, in order to achieve a 20% increase over the five-year period. Also, during a debate organized by students from the University of Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne, on January 24, 2022, he announced that he wanted to “reinvest in higher education” by guaranteeing theaccess to higher education for all students.
Finally, on the health front, Yannick Jadot would particularly like create 100,000 nursing positions and increase the salary of nursing staff by 10%.