Tuesday, November 2, 2021, Emmanuel Macron announced an income of 500 euros per month for young people aged 16 to 25 who meet the necessary conditions.
Emmanuel Macron presents his youth engagement contract. Tuesday, November 2, 2021, as agreed, the President of the Republic, who is said to be angry with certain ministers, announced the launch, on March 1, 2022 of this new allowance for young people aged 16 to 25. The condition to be met in order to benefit from this income of up to 500 euros per month is to be without training or employment for several months. In exchange for this sum of money, the young people concerned must complete 15 to 20 hours per week of training or support, as Emmanuel Macron explains on Facebook: “Concretely, from March 1, all young people under 25 who, without training or employment for several months, will register, will be able to benefit from 15 to 20 hours of support per week to discover a profession, to train, find an apprenticeship or a job. An allowance of up to 500 euros per month may be paid subject to income, attendance and acceptance of offers of activity made “, he wrote.
Youth engagement contract: the conditions to benefit from it
Emmanuel Macron announced on July 12, 2021, working on this new support for young people, drawing inspiration from the success of the Youth Guarantee. With his youth engagement contract, the Head of State intends to facilitate the return to employment of young people “without resources and without prospects” and “to end this mess “, as indicated in the article posted online by the Elysée and devoted to the youth engagement contract. According to BFMTV, around 500,000 young people should be affected by this new system.
This summer, the government had planned for a time to reach a million young people by allowing young precarious workers and all young people without employment or training to claim it. Finally, the executive changed its mind. “The confinement generation can be that of a new impetus,” said Emmanuel Macron.