LE FIGARO - Is poverty getting worse in France?
Véronique FAYET.- Yes, the situation is getting worse and worse from year to year.
Everyone seems to ignore it, or worse, get used to it.
In 2010, the median standard of living of precarious families was 540 euros.
It is now 537 euros.
There has been no improvement in ten years.
At the same time, a lot of expenses have exploded and the rest to live has inexorably fallen for the families we welcome in our centers.
This corroborates the data from INSEE: today there are 10 million French people living below the poverty line.
This reality is a shame in a country as rich as ours.
France must create a social floor that protects the poorest: young people, the unemployed, single-parent families, retirees, the disabled… Our social protection system is weakened and we need to collectively rethink the subject.
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