It is a minister who says it: “The real problem of the moment is the social crisis in the youth.
“In Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis), Emmanuel Macron worked to demonstrate that the executive intends to respond.
"The course is particularly difficult for our young people", facing the Covid, he admitted during this trip (his third of the year on this theme), believing that "the nation has an enormous responsibility".
A visit to the brand new premises of Industreet, a training center for industrial trades, to promote the “1jeune1solution” platform and launch the “Un jeune un mentor” device, with the aim of “100,000 young people” can benefit from it this year.
A new variation of "the equality of opportunities agenda", at a time when some are urging, internally, to send signals to the left.
Alas, the health crisis and his little sentence in response to a student who asked him if it was possible to relax the curfew "because it's hard", eclipsed the subject.
"To say that we do nothing is wrong"
And this, while the executive is already struggling to respond to the discomfort of youth, its action being considered insufficient in particular on the left where we plead for a young RSA.
“We have very strong responses on learning, support towards employment, civic service… There is the One young person, one solution, 7 billion euros (billion €) plan for young people with the principle remuneration of up to 500 euros for those who need it ”, defends on the sidelines of the trip, the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, who is working on the generalization of the Youth Guarantee.
“To say that we are doing nothing is therefore wrong.
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It remains that an interministerial reflection is underway, to work on possible additional measures.
"There is a lack of an initiative on young people", judges for his part a minister, while nothing has yet been decided.
According to our information, Jean Castex also demanded on Monday from the (disputed) Minister of Higher Education, Frédérique Vidal, that she send him back, university by university, the results of the implementation of the measures announced in favor of students (meals for one euro, opening of the Crous, dedicated assistance).
The Prime Minister now intends to follow this case live.
Sign that this one is crucial ...