“The country is dying of mass unemployment,” says the Minister of Labor

Catherine Vautrin defends the announcement of a new unemployment insurance reform, believing that the return to employment is a priority. She explains that supporting the unemployed is a “social investment”.

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Catherine Vautrin, Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, March 28, 2024 on franceinfo.  (FRANCEINFO / RADIOFRANCE)

“The country is suffering from mass unemployment”estimates Catherine Vautrin, Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, on franceinfo, Thursday March 28, while the Prime Minister announced Wednesday evening a new reform of unemployment insurance, unleashing numerous criticisms.

She has one “totally different vision” by Sophie Binet who, criticizes the minister, is in “a logic where we leave people in the situation of mass unemployment”. The general secretary of the CGT had criticized earlier on franceinfo “Lgovernment’s obsession with unemployed people now turns into obsessive disorder“, criticizes Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT,

“The subject is unemployment, training, return to employment as quickly as possible”, pleads the minister. “The longer you stay unemployed, the less likely you are to find a job.”defends Catherine Vautrin who says she is referring to a Dares study which will be released in June.

She denies wanting “make a diver out of a frame”. “That’s not the point,” explains the minister who speaks of“social investment”.


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