Heckled by the deputies, Borne rolls out his political project with a smile

Launching her general policy statement before the National Assembly, the Prime Minister assured that she wanted to carry out "a dense consultation for each subject".

For more than an hour, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne gave her general policy speech to the deputies of the new National Assembly.

Often heckled, booed or even called “hypocritical” as she paid tribute to caregivers, Elisabeth Borne kept smiling or called Yaël Braun-Pivet with a look to the rescue.

The new president of the Hemicycle therefore called the deputies to order, allowing the head of government to discuss her major projects concerning pensions, the fight against global warming, early childhood, secularism and even male equality. -women.

Here is what should be remembered from this speech which above all put “compromise” at the heart of the action of the Borne II government.

The "essential" pension reform

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned that the French should "work gradually a little longer".

“Our country needs a reform of its pension system”, a reform which “will not be uniform”, which “will have to take into account long careers and hardship” and “ensure the continued employment of seniors” , added the Prime Minister, specifying that this reform would be carried out “in consultation with the social partners, by involving parliamentarians as far upstream as possible”.

The reform “is not tied up.

It won't be take it or leave it.

But it is essential”, assured Elisabeth Borne, in particular “to build new social progress”, “for the prosperity of our country and the sustainability of our pay-as-you-go system”.

Renationalise 100% of EDF

The State intends to renationalise 100% of the energy company EDF, announced Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.

“I confirm to you today the intention of the State to hold 100% of the capital of EDF.

This change will enable EDF to strengthen its ability to carry out ambitious and essential projects for our energy future as soon as possible,” she said.

As a reminder, the State now owns nearly 84% of the electrician, 1% being held by employees and 15% by institutional and individual shareholders.

EDF shares jumped on the Paris Stock Exchange after this announcement

A culture “accessible to all”

The government wants to make the culture pass accessible from the 6th year, which currently allows 15-18 year olds to have a budget to buy cultural products, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne announced on Wednesday, believing that it was necessary to make "culture accessible to everyone, from the youngest.

Initially intended for young people reaching the age of 18 with 300 euros to spend, this pass was extended at the beginning of the year to teenagers from 15 years old with 20 euros the year of their 15 years, 30 euros the year of their 16 years and 30 euros the year they turn 17.

It also currently includes a collective component, with an envelope depending on the number of students for classes from the 4th.

Create “a public service for early childhood”

The government wants to create "a public early childhood service" in order to open 200,000 additional childcare places to meet the current need for childcare solutions, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Wednesday.

"My government wishes to build, with the communities, a real public service for early childhood", she assured during her declaration of general policy before the National Assembly.

“It will make it possible to provide the 200,000 missing reception places,” she added.

These childcare solutions will be “close to home” and “financially accessible”.

Elisabeth Borne also announced that the government would grant “aid to single-parent families for the care of children up to 12 years old”.

Childcare establishments (EAJE) offered 471,000 places in France in 2019. However, there are strong regional disparities.

“Radical responses to the ecological emergency”

The Prime Minister promised "radical responses to the ecological emergency", whether "in our way of producing, of housing, of moving around, of consuming".

"As of September, we will launch a broad consultation with a view to an energy-climate orientation law", she added, promising to define "sector by sector, territory by territory" "targets for reducing emissions, steps and appropriate means".

For full employment “within our reach”

Elisabeth Borne felt that full employment was “within our reach” and required a simplification of the “too complex” support for the unemployed through a “transformation of Pôle emploi into France Travail”.

“Today full employment is within our reach.

And work remains for me a major lever of emancipation, ”said the Prime Minister.

And to specify that he has not set a date or precise figure for this objective.

Full employment in France is generally considered to be an unemployment rate of around 5%.

"During the previous five-year term, we have already come halfway towards full employment," she said.

At 7.3%, the unemployment rate is "the lowest for fifteen years", according to her, a consequence of the reforms of apprenticeship, unemployment insurance, investment in the training of job seekers and the “one young person, one solution” plan.

To achieve full employment, “we must bring back to work those who are furthest from the labor market,” she said.

But the organization of support for the unemployed is today “too complex” and “its effectiveness suffers”.

“We can no longer continue to have, on the one hand, the State which supports job seekers, on the other, the regions which take care of their training and the departments in charge of the integration of beneficiaries. of the RSA”, she judged.

"That's why we want to transform Pôle emploi into France Travail," she said, suggesting that the public operator should oversee these currently dispersed skills.

She also returned to the reform of the RSA, announced by Emmanuel Macron during the electoral campaign.

“Paying an allowance is not enough.

What we want is for everyone to get out of it and regain their dignity through work,” she said, without explicitly mentioning the 15 to 20 hours of activity or support mentioned by the president in exchange of allowance.

For secondary education

"With the communities, we will ensure that each student can discover and learn about trades, in particular those of crafts, industry, tourism, crafts", announced Elisabeth Borne.

"We will extend to vocational high school, the success of learning," she said.

This will be the mission of Carole Grandjean, appointed Minister Delegate for Vocational Education and Training on Monday with the dual supervision of the Ministers of Labor and National Education.

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And for the "compromises"

Elisabeth Borne called on Wednesday to find "compromises" and to "build together" the solutions to the challenges of energy prices or the climate, adding that "disorder and instability are not options".

Launching her general policy statement before the National Assembly, the Prime Minister assured that she wanted to carry out "a dense consultation for each subject".

"We will approach each text in a spirit of dialogue, compromise and openness", she insisted, calling for the construction of "project majorities".

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