Emmanuel Macron presented his program for a second five-year term on Thursday. Here’s what to remember.
Favorite in the polls, the candidate Emmanuel Macron presented its program on Thursday for a second five-year term 24 days before the presidential election. Reform of the RSA, retirement at 65, transformation of Pole Emploi, school, solidarity at the source, inheritance rights… Emmanuel Macron has proposed several measures. The Head of State also assessed the cost of his program at 50 billion euros per year and the tax reduction at 15 billion euros.
Emmanuel Macron wants a reform of the RSA
The LREM candidate proposed a reform of the RSA on Thursday “by ensuring better support and a better balance of rights and duties” and “the obligation to devote 15 to 20 hours per week to an activity leading to professional integration”. “Yes, we need monetary support, but we need more than that,” explained Emmanuel Macron: “recognize the dignity of each” and “to ask for a share of the effort for all those who can”. The candidate also confirmed his desire for a postponement of the legal retirement age to 65 years.
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The candidate wants to transform Pole Emploi into France Travail
Emmanuel Macron has indicated that he wants a new reform of unemployment insurance and wants a transformation of Pôle Emploi into “France Travail”. “The desire is to have a place where we support in a much simpler way All those who are destined to find a job, he says.
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The Head of State also announced that he would aim, if re-elected, for the ” full employment “ within five years, thanks to reforms “promoting the return to work” of the unemployed, an objective according to him “reachable” given the fall in unemployment since 2017.
On the school, Macron offers a pact to teachers
On school, Emmanuel Macron wants to start “by broad consultation” who “involves all stakeholders” for “change operating mode”. He also wishes “a new pact for teachers” with “new assignments” and especially “the replacement of absent teachers” “the individualized follow-up of pupils”. The candidate also intends to give “more freedom for establishments” in order to “enhancing field expertise”as he announced as part of the Marseille recovery plan.
The candidate also mentioned a reform of the vocational high school and vocational training. Emmanuel Macron also wants “increase the autonomy of universities and complete the reforms undertaken ten years ago”.
Solidarity at source and reform of the time savings account
Emmanuel Macron presented several concrete reforms that he intends to make if he is re-elected:
- The establishment of a “solidarity at the source” comparable to withholding tax. In other words, the Head of State wants the payment of social benefits directly into the bank account. According to him, this would benefit “20 million French people” who receive the RSA, the activity bonus, housing aid or family allowances. “We want to fight once morest the non-use (of social benefits) while allowing to have a very effective mechanism to fight once morest fraud”explained the President.
- Emmanuel Macron said he wanted a “reform of the universal time savings account. That it be portable, monetizable and universal”.
- After “my Renov’ bonus”, Emmanuel Macron offers “my Adapt’ bonus” to adapt the housing of dependent people.
- Inheritance tax reform. In direct line, the reduction will notably increase from 100,000 to 150,000 euros.
Macron estimates the cost of his program at 50 billion euros per year and the tax cut at 15 billion euros
Emmanuel Macron has estimated the cost of his presidential program at 50 billion euros per year, to which will be added 15 billion per year in tax cuts, half benefiting households, half businesses. These expenses, in particular for education, health and autonomy, will be financed in particular by savings through the pension reform, with the postponement of the retirement age, and on unemployment benefits, he added. he thinks.