The National Assembly unanimously approved measures to curb “fast fashion” on Thursday. But the rebel MP, invited on FranceInfo, fears that the Ministry of Economy will try to limit its scope.
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“Bercy may be tempted to limit the scope of the text adopted by MEPs that aims to penalize ‘fast fashion’.”, alerted Alma Dufour, LFI MP for Seine-Maritime, on franceinfo on Thursday. The National Assembly on Thursday March 14 unanimously passed measures to curb “fast fashion”, including a ban on advertising the sale of clothes at knockdown prices and increased environmental penalties to make them more attractive.
“There is a risk”, worries Alma Dufour. If yes “felt Christophe Béchu”the Minister for Ecological Transition, “very enthusiastic about the text, really supportive”She assures that on the part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs “There was much more restraint on Bruno Le Maire’s side”. “This law does not suit everyone in the fashion industry. It particularly does not suit luxury companies that export a lot to China and fear that trade relations with China will be disrupted.” In your opinion this is “contributed to the disappearance of 375,000 jobs in the clothing industry in France”.
His “surprise” at the unanimous vote
Alma Dufour would like to pay tribute to Horizons MEP Anne-Cécile Violland, rapporteur of the bill, who presented the text “a little in their corner and who convinced those around them and in the end won the support of the Environment Ministry of Christophe Béchu, contrary to the opinion of Bruno Le Maire”. Alma Dufour says to herself “very surprised” by a unanimous vote of the representatives. “With the European elections approaching, we needed to send a signal to the majority who wanted to do social and environmental things.”analyzes the LFI MP.
But she calls “stay vigilant”. “The passage in the Senate could be an opportunity to decipher the text, both for Bercy and for the senators of Les Républicains.”
“Bercy will protect the interests of the luxury industry”
According to Alma Dufour, “Bercy will protect the interests of the luxury industry, which accounts for a large part of the GDP. There are always these problems in free trade agreements: there are companies that lose and companies that win.” The MP fears that the Ministry of Economic Affairs will be tempted “to reduce the size of the text in order not to anger China too much and so that there is no commercial retaliation against luxury brands that export a lot to China”.
But Alma Dufour believes so“If we argue like this and protect a handful of companies that generate a lot of revenue, we are not protecting the industry in general in our country, knowing that the textile sector contributes heavily to our trade deficit.”. “In order to protect as many people as possible and enable the industry to relocate, we sometimes have to step on the toes of certain large corporations that have markets abroad.”adds Alma Dufour.
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