It was during an interview given to “Elle” magazine that the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, spoke about the contours of the future “birth leave”, starting with the amount that will be paid to young people beneficiary parents.
During a press conference organized at the Élysée last January, Emmanuel Macron raised the subject of a “birth leave” for young parents to combat the decline in birth rates. “Our France will also be strong through the revival of its birth rate. Until recently, we were a country whose strength, undoubtedly the singularity in Europe (…) And this has been less true in recent years”he first explained.
With a view to a demographic rearmament of France, this new measure, which aims to “replace parental leave”will allow parents to stay alongside their child “for six months if they wish”. “After the extension of paternity leave, I deeply believe that the establishment of a new birth leave will be a useful element in our strategy”he continued.
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“Birth leave” will come into force in 2025
Four months after his press conference, Emmanuel Macron gave a long interview to our colleagues at the magazine SHE. An interview during which the Head of State discussed in more detail the terms of birth leave, which he wishes to take enter into force in August 2025. Like parental leave, this device, “three months for mothers, three for fathers, cumulative during the child’s first year”aims to protect and compensate those who wish to cease or reduce their activity to remain with their child after their maternity or paternity leave.
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After having reminded that this device will be “shorter and better paid”the husband of Brigitte Macron clarified that each parent will be compensated “up to 50% of salary up to the Social Security ceiling (1,900 euros)”.
A system already singled out
Michel Villac, former president of the High Council for Family, Childhood and Age (HCFEA), is far from being a big fan of this new system, which will be put in place from the summer of 2025. “We must put this leave in place, but we must not eliminate the current leave. There are plenty of people who still take parental leave. That represents a total of one couple in five. So, it’s not all up to date. negligible fact These are families in which there is a plan where the parents want to stay with the child for the first three years and there is no reason to say to these people. ‘it’s over, you will no longer be entitled to anything’he lamented to Europe 1.
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As our colleagues at Franceinfo, current parental leave can be requested at the end of maternity or paternity leave. It lasts one year and can be renewed twice. Parental leave is currently compensated up to a maximum of 429 euros.
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