200,000 additional childcare places and the creation of a “genuine public service for early childhood”.
This is what Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne promised on Wednesday to meet the current need for childcare solutions.
"My government wishes to build, with the communities, a real public service for early childhood", she assured during her declaration of general policy before the National Assembly.
“It will make it possible to provide the 200,000 missing reception places,” she added.
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These childcare solutions will be “close to homes” and “financially accessible”, she promised, without giving further details.
Elisabeth Borne also announced that the government would grant "aid to single-parent families for the care of children up to 12 years old".
The early childhood sector is currently facing major difficulties in recruiting staff.
Wage increases, new training places, opening up to professionals from other professions: nurseries in particular need urgent reforms, estimated at the end of June a committee charged by the government with working on the subject.
In January, President Emmanuel Macron had already estimated that it was necessary to design a "new system" for the reception of young children, "clearer".
Childcare establishments (EAJE) offered 471,000 places in France in 2019. However, there are strong regional disparities.