The socialist deputy Philippe Brun and the LFI deputy Sarah Legrain presented on Friday before an assembly of mothers of single-parent families a draft bill to create a “single parent status” and ensure their rights.
A working group of deputies from LFI, Renaissance, PS, Liot, Modem, communists, ecologists, to which is added an LR deputy Josiane Corneloup, have been working for several months on this bill, Philippe Brun told AFP .
Among them is Renaissance MP Fanta Berete, charged by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal with a mission on single-parent families, with Senator Xavier Iacovelli.
“Single-parent families are the most significant social and feminist subject in our society, and it has been invisible for years,” assures Philippe Brun.
One in four families are single parents.
In 80% of cases, they are single mothers.
40% live below the poverty line.
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“We want to create a single parent status to back up rights,” added MP Sarah Legrain, presenting the PPL in front of around a hundred single mothers and representatives of associations invited to the National Assembly to “co-build” the text.
This PPL aims to “fight against the precariousness of single-parent families”, wants to establish a series of rights concerning “childcare”, “alimony”, access to public services, employment and housing .
80% of single parents are mothers
Through these new rights which would be reserved for single parents, the payment of family allowances from the first child and reductions in prices for access to public and municipal services (sport, culture, transport, leisure, etc.).
The amount of alimony and family support allowance would not be taken into account in the calculation of income qualifying for benefits and social assistance (activity bonus, RSA, etc.).
The single parent would be entitled to six quarters of free retirement insurance (i.e. without contributions).
His retirement pension will be increased by 15%.
The child care tax credit would cover 80% of expenses.
Single parents - 80% of mothers - would have priority to obtain places in crèche.
Alimony would not be subject to income tax, up to a limit of 4,000 euros per child, capped at 12,000 euros per year.
Single parents would also have the right to prioritize their leave during school vacation periods.
This PPL, which is developed with single parents, will “nourish the work of the Berete-Iacovelli mission,” noted MP Philippe Brun, who plans to submit it in the spring.