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New French government hands itself 30% pay cut
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France's new President Hollande walks with Paris mayor Delanoe during the traditional visit to the City Hall.(Agencies) |
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French leader Francois Hollande's new Socialist government got down to work on Thursday with the first order of business a symbolic 30 percent pay cut for the president and ministers. Following the cabinet's inaugural meeting, spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said the salary reduction was to "set an example" as the government looks to tackle France's troubled public finances. The move was also aimed at drawing a distinction between Hollande and former president Nicolas Sarkozy, whose gross salary famously increased by 170 percent to 21,300 euros ($27,000) per month after he took office in 2007. The gross salaries of Hollande and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will fall to 14,910 euros per month, while ministers' gross salaries will drop from 14,200 euros to 9,940 euros per month. The head of the main opposition centre-right UMP party, Jean-Francois Cope, denounced the salary cut as a "sham", noting that the new government had 34 members -- 14 more than Sarkozy's first cabinet in 2007. "Decreasing salaries by 30 percent cannot hide the simple fact that Francois Hollande's government will cost a lot more to the taxpayer," he said in a statement. However Sarkozy's last government had 31 members including ministers and secretaries of state. Senior ministers said the government's first concern would be to tackle the European debt crisis and push Hollande's vow to shift the European Union's economic focus from austerity to growth. "The priority is to disentangle the crisis in Europe," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told news channel BFMTV. "I am profoundly European but we need a different Europe, a Europe that is much more focused on jobs." Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici reiterated that Paris would not ratify the EU's fiscal austerity pact if it does not include measures to boost growth. Moscovici also gave assurances that the Socialists would keep public finances under control. "I want to be very clear, Francois Hollande has said it repeatedly, we must tackle the public debt, reduce deficits, and secure France's situation. That is fundamental, a country that runs up debt is a country that is getting poorer." (Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
法國(guó)新任總統(tǒng)弗朗索瓦-奧朗德帶領(lǐng)社會(huì)黨政府本周四正式履新，首項(xiàng)政策即宣布對(duì)總統(tǒng)和所有內(nèi)閣部長(zhǎng)一律減薪30%。 在內(nèi)閣就職會(huì)議后，女發(fā)言人娜賈?瓦洛-貝勒卡西姆表示，在政府尋求解決法國(guó)面臨的公共財(cái)政困難之際，減薪措施“樹立了榜樣”。 此舉是為了將奧朗德同前任總統(tǒng)薩科齊區(qū)分開來(lái)，后者在2007年就任總統(tǒng)后，就把總統(tǒng)薪金增加了170%，達(dá)到每月2.13萬(wàn)歐元(合2.7萬(wàn)美元)。 奧朗德和總理讓馬克-埃羅的工資總額降至每月14910歐元，內(nèi)閣部長(zhǎng)的工資總額從每月14200歐元降至9940歐元。 主要反對(duì)黨、中右派人民運(yùn)動(dòng)聯(lián)盟的領(lǐng)袖讓-弗朗索瓦-科普認(rèn)為減薪是個(gè)“騙局”，指出新政府有34位內(nèi)閣成員，比薩科奇2007年初就任時(shí)多出14名。 他在一份聲明中說(shuō)：“奧朗德的政府會(huì)花納稅人更多的錢，減薪30%也不能掩蓋這一簡(jiǎn)單的事實(shí)真相。” 但薩科奇離任時(shí)，內(nèi)閣成員已達(dá)31人，包括內(nèi)閣部長(zhǎng)和政府秘書。 高級(jí)部長(zhǎng)表示，法國(guó)政府的首要考慮是解決歐債危機(jī)，以及推動(dòng)奧朗德的競(jìng)選承諾，把歐盟的經(jīng)濟(jì)焦點(diǎn)從節(jié)約轉(zhuǎn)向促進(jìn)經(jīng)濟(jì)成長(zhǎng)。 法國(guó)外長(zhǎng)洛朗?法比尤斯告訴新聞?lì)l道BFMTV，“政府的優(yōu)先要?jiǎng)?wù)是化解歐洲的危機(jī)。我完全是個(gè)歐洲人，但我們需要一個(gè)全然不同的歐洲，一個(gè)更加專注于就業(yè)的歐洲。” 法國(guó)財(cái)政部長(zhǎng)皮埃爾-莫斯科維奇強(qiáng)調(diào)，除非歐盟財(cái)政緊縮條約的內(nèi)容包括推動(dòng)經(jīng)濟(jì)成長(zhǎng)的措施，否則法國(guó)不會(huì)核準(zhǔn)。 莫斯科維奇也承諾說(shuō)，法國(guó)社會(huì)黨會(huì)把公共財(cái)政支出控制好。 他說(shuō)：“我想說(shuō)清楚，奧朗德已反復(fù)重申，我們必須應(yīng)對(duì)公共債務(wù)、削減赤字、穩(wěn)定法國(guó)的局面。這些都是最根本的，一個(gè)債臺(tái)高筑的國(guó)家只會(huì)越來(lái)越窮。” 相關(guān)閱讀 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 Julie 編輯：陳丹妮） |
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Vocabulary: sham: 騙局，虛偽 |
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