“
Choose love.
On France Info, faced with a woman with a disability worried about seeing her disabled adult allowance come to an end once married, Emmanuel Macron announced an evolution of the measure.
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"
I'm going to get married in a few months, I'm going to marry the man of my life
," she explained to the head of state.
“
In his eyes, I represent a very independent woman despite my great dependence.
Tomorrow, if I marry her, I will have to give up my disabled adult allowance of 900 euros which I need.
What do you recommend ?
Do I get married and become a burden who, in addition to being physically dependent on my husband, is financially so, or do I keep my dignity as a woman and my independence?
»
To this question, Emmanuel Macron, after congratulating the young woman, announced a measure that does not appear in his program.
“
Choose love.
We have to move on this point.
Today, what is true is that the tax and social system is like this in France: what is fair enough is that we look at your family situation and therefore, we look at the ability to contribute from couple.
“Before recognizing:”
This creates an aberrant situation for people with disabilities.
So we're going to move it.
»
This could go through a "
deconjugalization
" of the allowance for disabled adults or go through the establishment of an "
income which is not conditioned, which allows support but which is not this chopper which is absurd
“, concluded the president-candidate.
