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“Enough is enough” : Secours catholique warns, in an open letter to Emmanuel Macron published on Wednesday, before the expected publication soon of the new social security rules. “Two years after your re-election, we would like to draw your attention to the seriousness of the situation”writes the association in the letter to the head of state dated Monday.
“From the poor relatives of your political orientations, the most vulnerable people in our society seem to have become a target”can we read. “The target of budget cuts, the target of increasingly guilty speeches, the target of policies that make their daily lives increasingly difficult”.
New rules for social security funds
Matignon indicated that in the coming days the government would make announcements about the new social security fund rules. The management has made no secret of its intention to tighten certain rules to encourage the resumption of activity. The Ministry of Labor has already announced that it will itself determine the new compensation rules per “a decree of deficiency” with effect from 1 July. The director mentions certain possibilities, especially regarding the conditions for opening rights: to obtain unemployment you must have worked nine months during the last two years and no longer six.
“This series of messages hostile to people experiencing precariousness is not acceptable”estimates Catholic relief that induces it “mental strain” of these people concerned above all with “organizing their survival and taking care of their loved ones.” These last “express their weariness and their anger at the speeches that point the finger at those who hold them to be the only ones to blame for their difficulties, when they do not also make them responsible for the problems of education, security or budget balance in our country”, adds the association. For Catholic Relief, “The role of politics is to help our society get through the challenges by being united and united. There are no second class citizens..
