Emmanuel Macron announces several measures for better inclusion

Emmanuel Macron announced, Wednesday April 26, saidpays measures to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities. Among the most striking measures, wheelchairs must be better taken care of”for some scholarships“. They will be fully reimbursed from 2024. Five components were detailed by the President of the Republic, one of them aimed at better accessibility in the public space.

A mixed reception from associations

“The state will devote 1.5 billion euros. It is a heavy budget line“, he assured, explaining that he wanted to follow “a real programming” of these measures.. “It’s satisfying, it goes quite far, and there is still a real ambition to take disability into account.“, estimated Claude Finkelstein, president of the National Federation of Psychiatric User Associations, at the exit of the Élysée. But many associations had already boycotted the meeting, deploring a lack of ambition and consultation.