The 150 citizens mandated to propose measures to combat global warming must do so on Sunday in a final vote on their report. lively discussion and rejection. The
The 150 citizens mandated to propose measures to combat global warming must do so on Sunday in a final vote on their report.
lively discussion and rejection. This Saturday’s climate ‘convention’ did not support a proposal to reduce working hours to four days and 28 hours a week, but wanted France to recognize the crime of “ecocide”.
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The proposal to “reduce working hours without loss of salary in order to simplify and reduce greenhouse gas emissions” was rejected by 65% of the 150 members of the Convention, after passionate debates. Many stakeholders are concerned about the economic consequences of the measure and the image that adoption would give to their work.
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“Detached from reality”
“This is completely separated from reality and is unsustainable in the current context. And this totally discredits the convention, it is giving a stick to get a beating. If this is proposed, it will be rejected and our work will only be discredited,” she thought. Mélanie (at the session, members of the convention are referred to by their first names only).
“Sharing is nice, but with the current crisis it is not possible. I have worked all my life 50 hours a week, raising only two children. It is always the same people who work less, always the same who work for miserable wages,” Marie-Hélène began from his side rejecting that measure.
“It is beyond the mandate in relation to reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” Lionel saw his side, while others abounded: “There should be a separate ‘convention’ on business.” “Telerad used to be a UFO, no one imagined that. But the implementation of this measure is not in six months or ten years, it is necessary to plan and think,” said Sylvie in defense of the measure.
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We can agree or disagree, but it’s not for you to say we’re going to look like dolls, said Annie. “We wanted to say that the model and the system do not suit us, then you dare”. For example, the proposal, which was immediately criticized by the Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises, was largely rejected, which is the first of about 150 measures on the ballot.
another proposal, which risks hitting the world of business, was, in contrast, adopted: a fee of 4% on dividends distributed in an amount greater than 10 million euros, designed to finance the transformation into a “green” production apparatus.
“Citizens” also accepted with 99.3 percent the proposal to introduce the crime of “ecocide” into the French penal code, a proposal that was recently rejected in the Senate and the National Assembly. They would rather complement the creation of a “high authority” responsible for enforcing “planetary limits” deemed sustainable for human survival (climate warming limited to 2 degrees, for example).
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other measures led to full, especially in terms of strength, with the strengthening of information available to consumers through warning messages, such as those for tobacco (adopted 99.3%) or the reform of certification labels (100%).
The 150 citizens mandated to propose measures against global warming “in the spirit of social justice” must do so on Sunday in a final vote on their report. Emmanuel Macron planned to receive them on June 29 to give them “first answers”, and some of their proposals could lead to a referendum.
The head of state decided to organize this exercise of participatory democracy, the likes of which have not been recorded in France, after the “yellow vest” crisis, caused by the announcement of the introduction of a carbon tax on fuels. But CCC did not bring this idea to the table.
Date of update: June 21, 2020, 04:58
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Source: newstars.edu.vn