Jean-Christophe Combe, Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and Disabled People was the guest of the 8:30 a.m. france infoFriday November 4, 2022. Racist remarks by an elected RN in the Assembly, reception of the Ocean Viking, student precariousness, salary of childminders, checks in nursing homes… He answered questions from Jules de Kiss and Hadrien Bect.
Racist remarks by an RN deputy: “Marine Le Pen defends the indefensible”
“These are unbearable words, it’s pure racism”, denounces Jean-Christophe Combe. He calls for firm sanctions against the deputy (RN) Grégoire de Fournas. “Marine Le Pen defends the indefensible”, he adds. The president of the RN group at the Palais Bourbon defends Grégoire de Fournas.
Migrants aboard the Ocean Viking: “France is ready to welcome them like any other country”
“France is ready to welcome them like any other country. It’s a question of humanity”, says Jean-Christophe Combe. However, it does not require a port opening. 234 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the ship Ocean Viking. “There has to be a port in Europe or in France that can accommodate them, that we can treat them because there are women, children who are in a terrible humanitarian situation.”
Immigration: “Be firm to better welcome”
Gérald Darmanin wants to make “impossible” the lives of foreigners subject to an Obligation to Leave French Territory (OQTF). “The objective of the proposals made by the Minister of the Interior is to be firm in order to better welcome”, defends the Minister of Solidarity. Gérald Darmanin wishes in particular to suspend social benefits for foreigners under OQTF: “We have an obligation, when people are on French territory, to welcome them with dignity. But if they are not intended to stay on the territory, they must be accompanied”explains Jean-Christophe Combe.
Student precariousness: “We have been acting urgently for more than a year”
Regarding student precariousness, the Minister of Solidarity welcomes the measures taken “for more than a year”adding that “many things have been done”. Jean-Christophe Combe underlines that the scholarships have been revalued by 4%, “all scholarship recipients were able to benefit from the exceptional solidarity allowance and we set up meals at one euro, we froze the price of studies”.
Salary of overestimated childminders: “It pained me a lot this controversy”
Before the National Assembly last week, Jean-Christophe Combe made a mistake, saying that childminders earned three minimum wages on average, before admitting to having “deceived”. “I want to recall the context. I am not a politician. Before, I was director general of the Red Cross. So here, I made a mistake”.
Controls in nursing homes within two years: “We are committed to doing it and it will be done”
“We checked more than 600 nursing homes” and “seized the prosecutor three times for serious facts”, recalls the Minister of Solidarity. He promises that all these establishments will be inspected within the next two years. “We are committed to doing it and it will be done. We have recruited 120 employees in the regional health agencies (ARS) to support and carry out these checks.”
Jean-Christophe Combe “hears” those who ask for surprise checks in nursing homes but “we know what is happening in nursing homes”. He specifies : “When you are mayor, when you are general manager of an ARS, when you are president of the Departmental Council, you know what is happening in your territory”.
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