Today is my single word in order the truth

On the eve of the press conference where the PS must submit encryption of his project for 2007, Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned his comrades: "I did not accept is underestimated its cost."

François Hollande NET project of the PS to 35 billion euros, Jean-François Copé 115 billion and 50 billion... Who believe

I have said from the outset that I would be very attentive to the encryption, because I want to tell the truth to the French. Today is my single word in order: the truth. It jokes with the budgetary balances or political ethics. Estimates made by Thierry Breton and Jean-François Copé are completely fanciful This is the image of their growth and deficit forecasts. I will not distort the project of the PS, but I will not accept that it underestimated its cost. I stand by what I said: in year full when all measures will be applied and mounted support, i.e. in 2012, the load will be $ 50 billion.

Will you arrive to cover proposed expenditures

It does not widen the deficit, but rather to reduce. In these conditions, all expenses shall be covered by revenues. The most part, more than 50 will come from growth, and the rest of measures new as a tax on polluting or on the kerosene activities or the challenge to tax the income by the right.

Will you delete all the declines that have occurred since 2002

The PS project does not, but I think that should cancel that reductions have occurred since 2002 on the brackets: should return unfair cuts for the rich , they have had to increase their savings rate and not those of the middle classes.

Public finance, check the balance in 2010, as Dominique de Villepin

This promise is laughable on the right in the material balance: an increase in our public debt without previous representing 8 points of GDP and a deficit that reduced only by the most outrageous accounting tricks in the history of the Republic is not me who say, this is the first President of the Court of AuditorsPhilippe Séguin. Stabilize the debt will be a beautiful result.

Increase the taxes, is it not counterproductive in terms of growth

You need to know what you want. We now have two priorities in finance: investment in the future with research, education and innovation and the promotion of what I call "substantive equality" by the educational system and the establishment of a public service of childhood. The responsibility of the left is to tell the truth to the French: the rehabilitation of the country in order will require efforts. The country is ready to hear this message from liability if he has the feeling that what we are proposing is fair and will improve the prospects for the future.

Should what level of growth aim to fund the project

We are now under immediate threat of a downgrade of our country. At the current rate, the average income of the French no longer in the leading group in 10 years. We can and we must achieve at least 2.5 per year. But we must not only set a goal: to achieve, should not be mistaken diagnosis. I say to the left: it must of course support the request, as we did in 1997 including the small income, but the effort must focus on the investment to modernize our productive apparatus.

Is this why you are not favourable to the calculation of value-added contributions promised by the PS

I there have never been very favourable. I am even less now because this is likely to penalize investment.

When you hear Laurent Fabius promised 6 increase in the minimum wage as of 2007, do you find that it is adapted to the situation

In this field, you must always combine concern for social justice and economic efficiency. When Lionel Jospin arrived at Matignon in 1997, he took the decision to significantly increase the minimum wage, but step as some claimed. It is, among other things, through this balanced signal that we have managed to restore confidence. Today, our option is a large Conference on revenues with the partenairessociaux soon after the presidential election. It is in this framework that the question of the increase in the minimum wage should be raised.

But we already know the result: the minimum wage to 1,500 euros gross...

Yes, it is the objective to be achieved before the end of the legislature.

You claim the freedom to make a sort of promises of the PS. Do it together. The repeal of the Fillon law on pensions: for or against

If it's repeal of a stroke of a pen the Fillon law to return to the situation of before, it is not: we are far from solved the problem of pensions. The French know and it is one of the reasons for which they do not have confidence in the future. If it is to this question to the process in a spirit of justice and to take into account the arduous nature of the work there are professions where it deserves to go earlier, is Yes.

The renationalization of EDF

Do me not the most urgent on our real priorities: education, health, housing, research. Further, I note that Socialists say more that this will be the budget expenditure. On public enterprises, for me, the doctrine is clear: there is no reason to open capital, except when required by the interests of the company, its employees, consumers, the collective interest. For example, when there is an industrial project which involves an alliance with another group and an exchange of securities.

The GDF-Suez Merger, do you agree

Non. I am not convinced by the "economic patriotism" Dominique de Villepin. To develop the large French groups especially need European alliances. In this case, this project would primarily create a unwelcome competitor with EDF on French territory.

The Socialist project also plans to block hostile Takeovers. I need to go further than the anti-OPA device which comes to be voted

The recent law has improved the situation. It can probably go further. Europe in General, the France in particular, have no reason to be more naive than the other regions of the world.

Arcelor-Mittal: who loses Who wins

I did not support the Russian solution, which was a second-best solution. Draw a lesson for the future from the past: when industrial autonomy of Europe is at stake, the European Commission should no longer prevent the issue of competition. If Thyssen-Krupp had not left outside the creation of Arcelor, there would have no risk of OPA...

The Socialist Party continues to defend the 35 hours and advocate their generalization. Does he not commit an error to the President of the UMP which makes it to champion the work value and purchasing power

The 35-hour are not the key of the PS project! As Nicolas Sarkozy, how can it be said that upgrading work and at the same time advocating the removal of the rights of succession need I am shocked by this proposal. She returned to establish an aristocracy of wealth instead of a Republican meritocracy. It is a measure which is contrary to the work value, as it promotes the accumulated wealth, inheritance and pension against production.

The behavior of some bosses re-launched the debate on stock options. Should we generalize them as advocated by Nicolas Sarkozy or delete, as requested by Arnaud Montebourg

Do not delete them, except to risk permanently losing any chance of attracting foreign investment in France, and in particular the headquarters companies. However, stock options should not only involve senior management and must be strictly supervise the golden parachutes and other retreats hats and remove purely and simply when companies lose money, block wages or delete jobs.

Success remain bad France When you see the reactions indignant of the PS, but also of the UMP, on the compensation of patterns, it issues arise.

I've never been favourable in that it shows the finger those who are successful in their business. We must be able to pay the risk and stimulate entrepreneurship. The left, which had made considerable progress in this area, has rather declined. But those with the greatest damage to the image of the contractor are patterns that abuse, those who, in the same speech, explain that the company is not well enough to implement such or such salary or social policy and at the same time to grant indecent benefits.

How do you explain this kind of behavior

It is linked to the fact that in our country public morals is eroding, particularly when the head of State himself, until recently, the impression that, once we have the power, all is permitted, everything is possible.