The debate on the elimination of a public holiday to bring money into the state coffers was relaunched the same morning of November 11 by Jean-François Copé on France Inter. “There are a thousand ways to commemorate without not working, or that means that 65 million French people are at the foot of the memorials on November 11th and that would be known.“, confided the mayor (LR) of Meaux.
In the afternoon, he had a ready-made topic of conversation with Michel Barnier. Jean-François Copé had, in fact, invited the Prime Minister to come and inaugurate a 110 meter long educational trench reconstructed within the grounds of the Great War Museum, in Meaux.
A measure that divides
If the head of government had first placed this trip in Seine-et-Marne “under the sign of youth and the transmission of History“, and once again express his attachment to Europe, guarantor, according to him, of peace between nations, he has effectively positioned himself on this debate around the removal of one of the 11 public holidays on our calendar and which divides elected officials and political leaders.
This measure is supported in particular by Antoine Armand and Laurent Saint-Martin, respectively ministers of Economy and Finance and Budget in the name of tax revenue. “Establish a second day of solidarity (Pentecost Monday is the first, Editor’s note) is a very interesting proposition“, had thus argued the first on LCI at the end of October. “Anything that allows our country to show that we can work harder to participate in the recovery effort is going in the right direction.“, added the second, still on the same channel.
To listenMichel Barnier, this possible deletion will not target November 11 which will remain unemployed. “Honoring the memory of these fighters means first of all remembering this tragic story. This is why I am happy to see you again on November 11, a public holiday to which we are attached“, declared Michel Barnier during his speech, thus recalling the symbolic importance of this day.
