More like “thirty million friends” to be satisfied with only billions of euros to pay. Elisabeth Borne, then prime minister, promised in November 2023 a “programming law” financial for the care of old age by the end of 2024. In these times of budgetary diet imposed by Bercy, Gabriel Attal does not have the means to honor the promise of his predecessor. Such a reform would require releasing nearly 10 billion by 2030, calculated in 2019, the former director of Social Security, Dominique Libault, author of a report to the government.
But how can we assume to deny this oath once again? Emmanuel Macron, in 2018, committed to passing a law for old age. The head of state had made the promise again in 2022. His successive ministers had taken up the presidential plan, which remained a dead letter until Elisabeth Borne, spurred on by Aurore Bergé, then minister of solidarity, managed to convince the parliamentarians to believe in it again.
The government thought it could create a diversion by pulling a rabbit out of its hat. In this case, the commitment that “ dogs, cats, goldfish, the little canary »congratulated herself, on 1er March, Fadila Khattabi, Minister Delegate in charge of the elderly and disabled, would be authorized in nursing homes. Even if they already are, they must be more, that is the project.
Tuesday March 19, at the podium of the National Assembly, Mme Khattabi rejoiced again “about the space we will give to these pets” in retirement homes. “The presence of an animal maintains the social bond, she pleaded. It can even help reduce medication use and delay the effects of aging. »
Mme Khattabi was speaking during the examination of the “aging well” bill proposed by the Macronist majority. Under discussion in Parliament for eighteen months, the text provides in its final version submitted to the National Assembly that pets will now be authorized in nursing homes under certain conditions, which will be specified by decree.
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However, the matter did not go smoothly at the start. Opening nursing homes to pets is an idea originally brought by Philippe Juvin, MP (Les Républicains, LR) for Hauts-de-Seine. Co-rapporteur of the text, Laurence Cristol, MP (Renaissance) for Hérault, was opposed to it at first reading. However, the amendment was then adopted by the deputies.
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