EELV MEP Yannick Jadot proposed Thursday to “ restore ” 300,000 subsidized jobs in 2020 in order to avoid that “ too many young people get jobs ” because of the social crisis that will succeed the health crisis.
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" We removed a tool that allowed both to bring into the professional environment people increasingly distant from employment, which had a major function in the voluntary sector and popular education ," argued France Info the former head of the list in the 2019 European elections. Emmanuel Macron had announced in 2017 the gradual abolition of this device which affected up to more than 450,000 people, causing controversy on the left but also on the right.
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" I call on the government to restore (300,000) subsidized jobs for 2020, because too many young people and people are dropping out of work, and to restore social ties, especially in the neighborhoods, around the transition energy, "said the MEP. “ It costs around 2.5 billion euros. Recognize that in this moment when we are able to help up to 7 billion a large group like Air France, without social, environmental conditionality - but nobody wants the death of Air France -, we may also be able to help those who drop out, ”argued Yannick Jadot.
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" In difficult neighborhoods, there are food aid associations that no longer have volunteers and no more budget, whereas we have a food crisis in this country, yes, let's put the package on the social ", a he added. " I'm not saying that this system of subsidized jobs was perfect, but it was unfairly criticized, with a rate of 50 to 75% of integration, " added the MEP to AFP. " You have to use a device that has the merit of being known ."
