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The government would consider eliminating the Christmas bonus for recipients who do not have children, i.e. around 150 euros. The bonus would be reserved only for parents.
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Tightening your belt during the holidays is what could happen next year with the plan to eliminate the Christmas bonus for precarious people without children. This proposal divides the French people met on Tuesday November 4. “Christmas is for children, so it’s not unfair. It doesn’t shock me”says a passerby. “It’s a little unfair because even if we don’t have children, there are gifts to give for other people. It could be nephews, it could be our parents, our grandparents”launches another.
In the government’s sights: RSA beneficiaries and the unemployed at the end of their entitlement. This bonus could be removed for single people receiving 150 euros and couples without children receiving 228 euros. The Minister of Labor assumes and assures that he must make savings. “There is an era of generosity in all social policies and so much the better. I think that now we have to be careful. I am not sure that our country has the means to continue these policies of maximum generosity. We must therefore accept a refocusing and that is the debate”, indicates Jean-Pierre Farandou, Minister of Labor and Solidarity.
200 million euros could enter the state coffers. An argument that is difficult to accept for the opposition. “It’s despicable. Finally, what does that mean? It means that these people will no longer be able to give a hand to their nephew, their niece, to come with their family. Even if they don’t have children, they still have a family.” launches Manuel Bompard, LFI deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône. “The problem of this country is not Christmas bonus or no Christmas bonus. Let’s first make the right savings before imagining how to try to reduce the purchasing power of the French”reacts Laurent Jacobelli, RN deputy for Moselle.
The Social Security budget will be examined on Tuesday, November 4 in the National Assembly. The discussions promise to be flammable.
