“I assume responsibility for carrying out this reform”, supports Gabriel Attal

“I assume to carry this reform” of unemployment insurance, supports Gabriel Attal, Prime Minister, on franceinfo this Monday for “encourage more activity“, despite opposition from unions and certain political parties. The head of government wants to reduce the duration of compensation from 18 to 15 months and create a “senior job bonus“. Another change: you will have to have worked 8 months out of the last 20 to be compensated, compared to 6 months currently.

On Friday, S&P lowered France’s rating from AA to AA-, notably because of the budget deficit.much higher than we expected“, affirmed the American agency. “It reminds us that it is important to be serious about public finances and to continue to act to reduce our deficits“, explains Gabriel Attal. Which can be done, according to him, by increasing the number of people working in France.

Indeed, according to Gabriel Attal, if “other countries have less deficit than us“, It is “because they work more than us and there are more of their fellow citizens who work than in France“.”If we had the same employment rate as the Germans, that is to say the same share of our population working, we would have much less problem balancing our accounts, because the more people you have working, the more economic activity, the contributions that are paid, the tax that is paid“, says the Prime Minister.