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Does increasing social minima make the integration of young people more difficult?

2020-10-21T11:16:42.755Z


VERIFICATION - Emmanuel Macron has ruled out any increase in the RSA and its extension to 18-25 years old, arguing that this does not promote a return to activity. Is right ?


THE QUESTION.

The social crisis is raging in France, the recession is causing damage among the most modest.

The scenario of a return to normalcy of the economy is receding, the already well advanced indicators show the blow of new health restrictions.

From anti-poverty associations to part of the opposition, including the Nobel Prize in economics Esther Duflo, many players are demanding an increase in the active solidarity income (RSA) as well as its opening to young people from 18 years old. .

The RSA, which concerns French people aged 25 or over, is 564.78 euros per month for a single person without children and who does not receive housing assistance.

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The Head of State however excludes any modulation of this social benefit.

“Our fundamentals are the fight against poverty by returning to activity and work.

And the more we unilaterally increase all our social minimums, the more difficult it is to return to activity.

This is what we found, ”

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Source: lefigaro

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