"Young people will be the first victims of the economic shock." This observation, made by a minister, is confirmed by a recent international study: one in six has stopped working since the appearance of the Covid-19. For the executive, managing the crisis and its consequences therefore requires taking this factor into account. This Thursday, at 3 p.m., Emmanuel Macron and Edouard Philippe bring together union and employer organizations at the Élysée. A third meeting with the social partners since the start of the epidemic, which should make it possible to find solutions.
Young apprentices on a contract
Among the concerns of the executive are graduates who arrive on a blocked job market, these young people at the end of CDD or whose contracts are not renewed. But also learning which, before the crisis, was breaking records. Except that time is pressing: "400,000 young apprentices must start in September ... if we do nothing, only 150,000 can do it," said a minister. In fact, companies, undermined by the economic crisis caused by the health crisis, are no longer jostling to offer work-study contracts.
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The government therefore calls on the social partners to take responsibility. "The answer can not come only from us," warns a family member of Emmanuel Macron. But what levers does the government really have? A minister imagines: "We have helped businesses a lot financially. In return, young people must have priority for access to employment."