This is not wonderful but it must be used

An economic school and social offensive. This is what was promised yesterday François Hollande his troops by selecting two topics: purchasing power and energy policy, to better highlight the left-right divide. 2007 will be the confrontation of two projects: "development" on the one hand, "liberalism, which deconstructs", he warned. Still necessary that the Socialists lead the battle in tight ranks. It is not won in advance, as the internal primary grows each and others to say their own partition.

Purchasing power

Sensing growth return, the Government has planned a series of measures: University allowance for certain stock students, check transportation, possible increase in employment. "In context", said Francois Hollande. That promotes the PS after 2007, it is a new wage policy with boost to low and average wages "half employees lie between 1 and 1.5 minimum wage", recalls it, and a "morality" of management remuneration.

On this last point, Laurent Fabius scored a point: his proposal to delete, except for new businesses, the advantageous tax system of the stock was taken over in his account by François Hollande under thunders of applause. On the bottom and means wages, the cacophony on the other hand dominates. Laurent Fabius defended an immediate increase in the minimum wage of 100 euros (knowing that the objective of the Socialists is to wear to 1.500 euros by 2012), but he was severely counter by Ségolène Royal. "If one begins by unilaterally decide what to do or not do, you cut the grass under the foot to the trade unions and they fail to take their place in French society."

What Fabius replied: "In the current state of the report of strength, you believe that these negotiations will lead to an increase" The Government has a tool, the minimum wage. This is not wonderful, but it must be used. "Man of the synthesis, Holland sketched a compromise which lack a bit of force:"an increase of the SMIC as soon as possible and negotiations in all professional branches ".

The privatization

France gas

This will be the great parliamentary battle of re-entry, with 30,000 amendments tabled. Unanimous, the PS disputes the merits of the merger of GDF-Suez, "useless and dangerous project that will not protect Suez a hostile takeover bid, will require transfers of assets in France and Belgium and will lose the public power control of tariff policy". François Hollande even challenge to the Government of the "political legitimacy" to carry out this type of operation and spoke of real battle of society.

Is that the Socialists are not agree among themselves on what should be, if the right, as is likely, manages to privatise GDF. First Secretary talks about "irreversible choice", which reflected his low willingness to renationalize the company. Relatives of Dominique Strauss-Kahn also agree that it will be difficult to go back, as the Socialist project is expensive to finance. But Laurent Fabius and Alain Vidalies wonder: for them, the return to the fold public remains an essential objective, if the Government wants to maintain control of the energy policy. Beautiful debate in perspective!