Saturday, 2 June 2018

Recast of social aid: Holland puts (still) on guard Macron



François Hollande attacked his successor. "Before attacking the poorest, we start by attacking the most privileged," said Francois Hollande on Thursday, May 31 to Emmanuel Macron about a possible redesign of social assistance by the government.
"If there are savings to be made, and there are surely more, it is more by taking the tax gifts for the most privileged than by attacking social assistance for the poorest", warned the former Socialist president on the program Questions d'info LCP-Le Point-AFP.
"There is no decision yet," noted the former head of state while different speeches in the government were dissonant on this issue. Gerald Darmanin, Minister of Action and Public Accounts, Tuesday distinguished social assistance "legitimate, for people who are broken by life", those attributed "between two periods of inactivity", which would be "not incentives to get out of this period of inactivity ".
Making Choices on Social Assistance

"The question is not whether there is too much or not enough welfare," but "to know if our model works, if it is effective," said the next day Edward Philippe, however refuting all disagreement with his minister. François Hollande also expressed reservations about possible savings in the public service: "On whom? In national defense? Who is thinking about it today, when we should be raising the defense forces instead? On National Education? Who really thinks about it while the whole issue of the next few years is to raise the level of qualification? "
In particular, the Government intends to reduce the number of civil servants abroad by 10%. "Very honestly, these are first of all ridiculous amounts, and it is to question the whole policy of French-speaking countries and France's presence abroad," the former president said. "Let's stop each time appointing the public service before saying exactly what expenses we would like to talk about," he urged. The executive, which should receive in the coming weeks the long-awaited report of the Public Action Committee 2022 (CAP22) listing possible avenues for savings in the public sphere, is committed to "making structural choices" on social benefits.
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