Like Nicolas Sarkozy, there are many who attack «assistantships». For their part, the unemployed evoke the hardship of their situation and the devaluing image they are given.
This is a controversial proposal. Laurent Wauquiez, who is one of the founders of the Social Right, wants to limit the accumulation of social minima. The principle is simple: that the RSA plus the APL, for example, cannot exceed 75% of the SMIC. He also wants the beneficiaries to be required to work 5 hours of general interest work per week and denounces the excesses of the assistantship as the cancer of French society. Commentary on factual images alternating with the interview of Laurent Wauquiez.
François FILLON Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in Bergerac, at the ANPE. It announced good growth and the creation of 180,000 jobs in 2004. For the minister it is necessary to value the work, to put an end to the assistantship, to think about the compensation of the unemployed.
Interview with Nicolas SARKOZY, President of the Republic, who has just revealed that he is a candidate for the 2012 presidential election. Interested in his programme against the crisis, he makes a proposal for the work to be paid more than the assistantship.
World Day of the Rejection of Misery: Journalists from France 2 met in Burgundy a brother and sister under 25 years old who, despite their diploma, do not find work and live in extreme precariousness. An interview with Pascaline, who explain the hardships of their situation and the devaluing image that we send them.
A review of Emmanuel MACRON’s polemical statements during these public interventions, as on 8 September last in Athens when he talks about the reform of the labour code. Analysis of these comments by Bernard SANANES, Chief Executive Officer of the Elabe polling institute. Comment on factual and archival images.