The National Assembly votes for additional aid for single-parent families at Christmas

The National Assembly voted, Wednesday, November 8 in the evening, for an exceptional allowance, which ranges from 115 to 200 euros, for precarious single-parent families, a socialist proposal supported by the government. It completes the 2023 Christmas bonus.

The measure should concern around 600,000 families, at a cost of 70 million euros, according to the Socialist Party. It is included in the 2023 “end of management” finance bill, which will be adopted at first reading and then transmitted to the Senate. This is in addition to the Christmas bonus, the basic amount of which is set at 152 euros and increases depending on the number of children.

Avoid using 49.3

This amendment also allowed the government to ensure the abstention of the socialists on this bill and to avoid yet another recourse to article 49.3 of the Constitution, already triggered on numerous occasions to pass without a vote the various sections of the State budget and Social Security 2024. The deputies also supported during the debates 20 million euros in additional credits for food aid associations and 6.7 million for emergency accommodation.

“We are happy to have obtained this amendment from the government worth 70 million euros and which will provide a Christmas bonus to these extremely precarious people”Philippe Brun, socialist deputy for Eure, commented on Tuesday on franceinfo. “We are not playing the government’s game, we are acting to improve the situation of French people,” he added.