Objective 120000 constructions per year

Here are the main proposals contained in the Socialist project for 2007.

Purchasing power. The minimum wage to at least 1,500 euros in five years (EUR 1.216 today). Modest net earnings increased with the establishment of "the citizen income tax", which transforms the premium for employment in relief of the CSG.

Employment. The objective is to reduce by half the rate of unemployment at the end of the legislature. Jobs-young people will be "reactivated" in public and non-profit sector. The base of contributions will be extended to "all of the produced wealth."

The security professional, "constructed" with the social partners. Creation of a right to lifelong training, especially higher that the initial training was short, agreed by the companies during the periods of employment. Given flat funding for training. Entry in the life program enables the youth. Unification of the rights of job-seekers. Deletion of contract new hiring (CNE) and reaffirmation of the rule of the Commission. End of inequalities between employees in case of economic dismissal.

Innovation. Modulation of the tax rate on corporations by distinguishing the benefit that it is distributed to the shareholders or reserved for investment (two times higher for the first than the second). Creation of a public participation (venture capital) Fund to help young innovative companies.

Higher education and research. Creation of professional universities with higher technological and professional training allowing for half of the professional Bachelor. Improvement of aid to students (rise of scholarships, housing...). "Management autonomy" of the universities within a globalized budget. 10 Increase in each year of the research budget.

Education. Eradication of school failure. Create a public service of childhood. Develop the individualization of teaching to take into account the diversity of students. Increase in financial resources of the areas of education priority (ZEP) and specific training of teachers, even if the claim of 15 students per class has disappeared. Means of combating school violence strengthened.

Environment. Reduction of the share of nuclear power, by passing in final energy consumption from here, from 20 to 50 by 2020 the share of renewable energy. Tripling of the piggyback, favour of clean collective transport tax credits. Generalization of the taxation of polluting activities.

Public service. Renationalisation of EDF and establishment of a public pole of energy.

Free time. Boost bargaining on working time to generalize the 35 hours, develop the chosen time, facilitate personal leave and develop retirement card.

Health. Repeal of the measures taken in 2005 (1 euro per medical Act, package of 18 euros). Increased means for the hospital.

Retirement. A minimum level of pension will be guaranteed (close to the SMIC). Negotiations will be open to "replace" the 2003 Fillon law. The pension reserve fund will ensure the needs of financing 2020-2040 years. End of the development of pension funds.

Housing. Objective: 120,000 constructions per year.

Poverty. "0 Poor child" objective by 2020. Improve temporary complementarity of labor income and income of solidarity.

Security. The focus will be on prevention, with Eve cells to detect violent children and support families. Questions of society. Open to couples of same sex marriage and adoption.

Democracy. In the aftermath of the elections referendum to reform the institutions. The President of the Republic shall be responsible, legally and politically. The powers between the President and the Prime Minister will be "deeply rebalancing." The powers of the Parliament will be strengthened. Unique mandate of parliamentarians. Dose of proportional to the legislative elections. Right to vote in local elections to foreigners installed 5 years.

Social democracy. generalization of the principle of majority agreement.

Territorial democracy. New step in decentralization, by clarifying competences between communities.