The Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and People with Disabilities was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo” on Sunday May 21.
Jean-Christophe Combe, Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and People with Disabilities was the guest of “8:30 a.m. franceinfo” on Sunday May 21, 2023. Global warming, old age and social benefits… He answered questions from Jules de Kiss and Neila Latrous.
Global warming: “We can meet these climate challenges while continuing to develop our economy”
“I don’t believe in the ecology of degrowth. We can meet these climate challenges while continuing to develop our economy, but we have to change our habits, consume less, work on sobriety“, declared Jean-Christophe Combe, while Elisabeth Borne will detail France’s strategy on global warming on Monday. To achieve the objectives of +1.5°C set by the Paris Agreement, we must double the current pace.
“We will have to change our habits, we have a lot of things to do, everywhere, including in a sector like mine. ” The fight against global warming is not opposed to growth, explained the minister.
“We made projections at 2° and also at 4°. At plus 2° the impact on people’s health will be extremely significant, so we have to do everything to limit climate change.“, insisted Jean-Christophe Combe. The government will launch a consultation on Tuesday, May 23 to define what scenario France must prepare for in terms of global warming, with in particular the hypothesis of a warming of the country of +4°C. at the end of the century, very far from the target of +1.5°C set by the Paris Agreement.
Bill on old age: “This bill is intended to be discussed in the coming weeks”
The old age billis intended to be discussed in the coming weeks“, affirmed Jean-Christophe Combe. “This will be a first law on old age. I want to present a complete interdepartmental roadmap at the end of June on the issue of aging well.” For the Minister, the aging of the population is “a challenge that must be taken in a societal way because it will impact transport, housing, health. So it is the whole of society that must change.“
“We will work hard on the fight against social isolation” so that “no one is isolated at home“, declared Jean-Christophe Combe while Christophe Béchu, the Minister of Ecological Transition, launches this Tuesday a public consultation until the end of the summer to define the reference warming trajectory for the adaptation of France (TRACC), on which he will base the next French adaptation plan to climate change (PNACC), expected by the end of the year. Jean-Christophe Combe wants “measures are included in the bill on aging well in the National Assembly in order to be able to meet” of these people after having identified them.
Payment at source of social aid: “A new line on payslips”
“All French people who work, in July, will see a new line appear on their payslip called the net social amount“, declared Jean-Christophe Combe, while an experiment will be carried out this summer in around ten territories to detect users who do not request social benefits when they are nevertheless entitled to them: “Companies will declare the income and this will make it possible to pre-fill forms that will be sent to potential beneficiaries.“The people concerned will then receive a form warning them that they can benefit from aid. If they accept, “payment will be made automatically.“
Payment at source of social assistancewill be generalized in 2025. It will be on the RSA, the activity bonus and the APL which represent approximately 90% of the beneficiaries of social assistance in the country and approximately two thirds of the amounts which are distributed“, explained Jean-Christophe Combe.
The government wants to put in place asolidarity at the source“to fight against non-recourse.”We have a whole section of the population who should be able to benefit from social benefits and who do not ask for them. It’s 34% non-recourse on the RSA. We will also secure the system to avoid misuse and fraud.” Not less than “5.8 billion euros of undue payments but also benefits wrongly not paid were recorded at the end of 2022“, estimated in a report the Court of Auditors.
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