The executive continues to prepare public opinion for a further tightening of unemployment insurance rules. In The Sunday Journal of February 25, Gabriel Attal provides details on the avenues that are being studied. The duration of compensation “can still” be reduced and “we can also accentuate the degression of allocations”, says the Prime Minister. Nothing seems arbitrated at this stage, since such ideas are intended to be submitted to “discussions”he said, but the tenant of Matignon shows the desire to move quickly on this issue.
Mr. Attal distilled these confidences on the sidelines of a trip to Charente-Maritime on February 23. His comments converge with those made, since the fall of 2023, by other representatives of the power in place. On several occasions, Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, has insisted that it is necessary to reduce the duration of payment of the benefit to job seekers over 55, so that it is aligned with that of others. unemployed. On January 16, during his press conference at the Elysée, Emmanuel Macron expressed the wish to introduce provisions “more severe when job offers are refused”. Finally, on January 30, during his general policy declaration to the National Assembly, Mr. Attal wanted to warn the unions and employers, who co-manage unemployment insurance through Unédic: if the financial trajectory of the diet ” of life “he will ask the social partners to reopen reflection “on the basis of a new framework letter” government, the aim of which would be to“increasingly encourage people to return to work, without taboo”.
The Prime Minister’s intervention caused astonishment because employee and employer organizations recently concluded an agreement retouching the rules of the jobseekers’ compensation system. Formed in November 2023, this compromise resulted in a “convention”, which requires approval from the Ministry of Labor to apply.
But those in power consider it necessary to tighten the screws. He considers himself reinforced in this analysis by the latest forecasts from Unédic, published on February 20: they show that the regime remains in the green, but with accounts which are deteriorating a little. In 2023, the surplus would only be 1.6 billion euros (compared to 4.3 billion in 2022) and would be reduced again slightly in 2024 (1.1 billion). A trend linked to two reasons: the deterioration of the economic situation and the levy made by the State on unemployment insurance resources to finance the public employment service and actions in favor of training (12, 05 billion for the period 2023-2026).
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