The outcry went so far as to push Emmanuel Macron to rectify the situation. By refusing to support the extension of the leave for the loss of a child, the LREM majority in the National Assembly aroused the anger of the entire opposition. Faced with controversy, and after the President of the Republic asked the government to "show humanity", the initial UDI-Agir bill will finally be placed on the Senate agenda the week of March 3. Invited on Monday from Europe 1, the French deputy for foreigners Roland Lescure however wanted to defend his colleagues from the majority. "None of them lack humanity," he said.
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"On the method, we could have done better," admits Roland Lescure, at the microphone of Aurélie Herbemont. But, he adds, recalling that 4,500 families lose a child each year, "the subject is not whether we should take 5, 7 or 12 days off per year (...) but how we reinvent national solidarity for these tragedies ".
"We must do better and more"
The bill, he noted, was "a false good solution, which" concerned only private sector employees. "Now, said the French deputy from North America," we must do better and more " But, he says, "I know my colleagues. None of them is lacking in humanity. "" Above all, we must not create a competition around humanity, "he concludes.
"We have to support families," continues Roland Lescure, "not only on the issue of leave, but also on psychological support, on the ability of these families to rebuild."