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The effort is substantial but badly directed. Here, in short, is the opinion of the student union Unef on the youth plan presented by the government on Thursday. "It's still quite massive", recognizes Madji Chaarana, the vice-president of the trade union organization, Thursday, at the microphone of Europe 1. In fact, an envelope of 6.5 billion euros is released to help a youth penalized on the labor market by the post-coronavirus economic crisis. "But for us, what we regret is that there is a lack of social support for young people to enable them to gain autonomy."
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The plan provides for a bonus of 4,000 euros for companies that hire young people under 25 on contracts of more than three months. It incorporates aid already in force to promote apprenticeship contracts and also introduces new "assisted contracts" in the market sector, targeting young people furthest from employment. Additional civic service missions and qualifying or pre-qualifying training are also deployed in sectors identified as having a future.
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On the other hand, it is not planned to extend to under 25 years "the RSA or other aid from which they are currently excluded", regrets Madji Chaarana. He fears that the financial help will ultimately benefit companies more, "without necessarily helping young people in the long term". "When we see these measures, we see that there is nothing to really frame them and provide counterparts for companies", for example the hiring of "young people on permanent contracts" or measures which "can [allow them of] inserting itself into the labor market on a long-term basis by going beyond the announcement effects ".