In an interview at the “Parisian”, the candidate LR indicates that “the beneficiaries [of the RSA] will not do a work strictly speaking”, but that “it will be more of the insertion activities proposed to people very far from the job “.
Le Monde
In the last straight line, the candidate of Republicans, Valérie Pécresse, tries to mark his difference with Emmanuel Macron, despite serious country turbulence. It thus specifies, Tuesday, March 29, its conditionality of solidarity income (RSA) at fifteen hours of activity per week, similar to that of the presidential candidate, in an interview with daily readers the Parisian .
Repeating that “the beneficiaries [of the RSA] will not do a work strictly speaking,” the candidate LR emphasizes that “it will be more insertion activities proposed to people very far from employment ” Just as Emmanuel Macron also defends.
On the other hand, Valérie Pécresse stresses the fact that it does not wish to pay additional consideration to the recipients of the RSA, the amount of which will be revalued by 10% on the April 1 . 575.72 euros. It considers indeed “legitimate”, given the level of “Smic Net” close to “1,200 euros”, to pay “575 euros for fifteen hours” of activity per week, while several candidates of the left and unions denounce “underpaid jobs”.
“It’s not about feeling [the recipients] but to help them find a reintegration path. In RSA, there is” active solidarity “so you have to help the beneficiaries to regain little by little Path of employment “, defends the candidate, stating that it will be to the departments, in charge of the payment of this allowance, to specify and” JUG [ER] what type of activity these beneficiaries will do “.
Targeted attacks on Mr. Macron
Emmanuel Macron also announced to condition the RSA to fifteen to twenty hours of weekly activity in order to “facilitate professional integration”. If it is not a question “of compulsory activity”, the outgoing state head stated that “if work there is”, any beneficiary of the RSA would, however, be “at least paid to the SMIC”.
Since it has revealed this campaign promise, the candidate Lr accuses Emmanuel Macron de “Plagiat”, believing that the leader of the outgoing state resumes his measures, in the image, too, of the reform of pensions .
If it also pleads for a retirement at age 65, the LR candidate has taken advantage of a question of a reader to reiterate this attack on Mr. Macron: “Would he have had the courage to announce that if I did not do it before? And you saw that from Sunday, he started to go back by saying that it would not be a priority reform of a second five-year. Even when he tries to Plage, very quickly, it backs up! “