the government intends to tighten the rules

Gabriel Attal drives the point home. Traveling in Essonne on Sunday May 26, the Prime Minister confirmed the implementation of a new reform of unemployment insurance in order, according to him, to achieve full employment. “We must assume that we have a social model that is more focused on activity“, he justified.

The government therefore intends to tighten the rules. To receive compensation, an unemployed person must have worked at least eight months over the last 24 months, compared to six currently. The duration of compensation will be reduced from 18 to 15 months. An announcement criticized by the unions and difficult to accept by the population. “We reduce our rights every time“, estimates a former unemployed woman. This fifth reform of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency on this subject aims to pay off the public debt, even if it means intervening while unemployment insurance is managed by the social partners. The government hopes to recover 3.6 billion euros.