HASWhen the government has just announced 10 billion euros in additional savings this year on the state budget and up to 20 billion euros which will have to be found in the 2025 budget, our associations are ringing the bell. alarm in the face of these directions which endanger our social system and, more broadly, the future of our society.
Despite the precautions of the Minister of the Economy indicating that the French would be spared and that the effort would only concern the State, this new announced contraction of the budget will significantly affect the most vulnerable people who have no other choice than to live on meager income from their work or social transfers, but also the functioning of our public services which guarantee social cohesion and well-being together.
This movement, which is only the beginning of other prospects of even more massive budgetary restrictions in the coming years, cannot leave us without reaction. Beyond the agreed exercise of an expected indignation emanating from those who are the voices of the most vulnerable and too often referred to their humanity cut off from economic constraints, we want to nourish the public debate and bring other findings to the surface. shared likely to impact current developments.
Our associations are therefore particularly concerned about the gradual dismantling of social protection systems in a context of global apathy. The announced reform of the specific solidarity allowance (ASS) is a symbolic illustration of this, as is the dire situation in the home help sector which endangers people with disabilities and the elderly.
The welfare state in great danger
We are also concerned about the growing stigmatization of certain people who are made to take individual responsibility for their unfavorable situation, with in particular the emblematic figure of the unemployed person who is not doing enough and who would become a long-term beneficiary of insurance. -unemployment, becoming an unsustainable cost for the community.
Our associations also denounce the current mechanism pitting categories of people against each other and organizing competition between causes to be financed by public money. For example, people suffering from a long-term illness (ALD) or using medical transport would be suspected of abusing the generosity of our social protection system.
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