Boris Vallaud has been a PS deputy for the Landes since 2017. -

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MP and PS spokesperson Boris Vallaud on Friday called on the government to open up the RSA to young people aged 18 to 25, pleading for a “strong social response” in an attempt to stem “exploding poverty” with the crisis of Covid-19.

"The response on the ground of the social emergency is quite derisory" on the part of the government, while "the worst is yet to come" for "a number of companies and French people," said Boris Vallaud in an interview with Les

Echos

.

He thus calls for the establishment of a "minimum youth" by opening the RSA to young people from 18 years old - it is only accessible today from 25 years old.

"The government has excluded it, which will leave hundreds of thousands of young people in a state of neglect," assures Boris Vallaud.

"In the decisions it takes, the government forgets the little ones", insists the deputy for Landes who is also in favor of a sustainable increase in the RSA and the specific solidarity allowance (ASS), and not exceptional aid , as the government planned, a "handout" according to the deputy.

This aid announced by Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday evening will be 150 euros for beneficiaries of RSA and ASS (long-term unemployed), plus 100 euros per child which will also be granted to beneficiaries of housing aid.

So that young people can "invent a future again", the PS group in the National Assembly will open "in a few days" a "consultation" for the establishment of an endowment of 5,000 euros "for all young people at 18 years "and" the generalization of a declining basic income according to income ", also indicates the spokesman of the PS.

He also believes that it is necessary "to go beyond" the "Ségur of health", to promote the free canteen and the distribution of "rebound vouchers to support purchasing power".

As for the curfew in metropolitan areas, if he "hopes that (it) will be effective", Boris Vallaud points to "the risk that it is not respected".

“All this gives the feeling of a loss of control” on the part of the government, he adds.

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