“I don’t think we can talk about ‘generosity’,” Marylise Léon retorted on RMC on Wednesday. The government now wants to reserve the Christmas bonus for recipients who have children.
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“I do not agree with the words of the Minister of Labor.” Marylise Léon, the general secretary of the CFDTopposed Jean-Pierre Farandou on Wednesday November 5 over the Christmas bonus allocated to people receiving RSA and to unemployed people at the end of their rights who do not have children.
“The generosity we have known for decades may have come to an end”declared the Minister of Labor on Tuesday on France Inter. “I don’t think we can speak of ‘generosity’”retorted Marylise Léon on CMR.
“I don’t like this term generosity because it is a social protection system to which many fellow citizens are attached and to which they contribute.”
Marilyse Léon, general secretary of the CFDTon RMC
This bonus is around 150 euros for a single person and 228 euros for a couple without children. “It’s huge and I don’t think it’s a luxury when you earn just over 500 euros per month”declared Marylise Léon.
The government now wants to reserve the Christmas bonus for recipients who have children. Created in 1998 and continued since then, the Christmas bonus has so far been awarded to more than 2.2 million households.
