Against the advice of elected members of the LREM, MPs voted on Monday to waive part of the fees for terminating telephone or internet subscription contracts during a committee hearing on an emergency bill on purchasing powers.
In the Economic Affairs Committee, MPs passed LR Julien Dive’s two LFI-backed amendments in quick succession before the bill was half-carried on July 18. When a consumer terminates a phone or internet contract more than a year before the end of the term, he must pay the remaining monthly payments for the first year and 25% of the remaining payments for the second year. The first amendment proposes to withdraw the fee for the second year. it’s a “a change that directly gives purchasing power to the French“Said Julien Dive, LR MP for Aisne.
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On the other side of the political spectrum, the rebel Mathias Tavel saw “a common sense step in the right direction“. Reporter Sandra Marsaud (LREM, now Renaissance) warned “some difficulties“legal and risk”opportunistic behavior that could destabilize the relevant market“. “It would call into question any kind of contract, any kind of obligation. It is a real revolution– he warned. Adopted under the same conditions, the second amendment of the LR provides for the exemption from all costs of termination of the telephone or internet contract for consumers registered in the over-indebtedness procedure;concrete evidence“.
LFI Sofia Chikiru praised “social progress“. LREM reporter Sandra Marsaud spoke this time “advice of wisdom“for the measure that “seems useful“, reminding that today”only application fees can be paidconsumers in the situation of over-indebtedness. LREM MP Frédéric Descrozal expressed his doubts, believing that the two changes could cause “price increase» telephone subscriptions. For reasons specific to this text, these two amendments will be sent to the Social Affairs Committee, which will include them directly in the bill, which will be discussed in the House from next Monday.
Source: Le Figaro
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