Facilitate the passage of the permit: a bill before the Assembly on Monday

Europe 1 with AFP 15:22 pm, March 25, 2023

A single platform on existing aid, more examiners, and the use of the expanded training account... The National Assembly is examining Monday a Renaissance bill to facilitate the passage of the driver's license. It is a question of "making the permit cheaper, simpler and faster", argues the author of the text, Sacha Houlié, president of the Assembly's Law Commission, who wants to send "a message to young people". It notes that "the cost of acquiring a driving licence now reaches 2,000 euros, or even more, with strong territorial disparities" and that the time taken to obtain it has "lengthened".

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322,000 driving licenses financed with the CPF in 2021

A new digital platform is to be created, "1 young person, 1 permit", to list all the aid, from the State as well as the communities. The bill also plans to open up financing through the personal training account (CPF) to all types of permits, whereas currently only B permits, trucks and buses are concerned. The CPF helped finance 322,000 driving licenses in 2021, or 28% of the licenses issued that year, two-thirds of the beneficiaries being people under 35. Sacha Houlié initially wanted to offer the possibility of ceding the rights of the CPF between parents and children, but he returned to the idea, because of the inequalities it could create.

Finally, the authorization for public or contract employees to take the practical test of the permit will be extended to the national level. It is not an "outsourcing", assures the president of the Law Committee of the Assembly, in the face of the concerns of the inspectors. The bill is generally agreed upon among MPs, even if the left deplores a lack of ambition. Renaissance elected officials plead for a possible passage of the permit from 16 years, and will ask for a report to this effect.

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A week dedicated to parliamentarians' proposals

The week at the Palais Bourbon is dedicated to the proposals of parliamentarians. A text "against social dumping on the cross-Channel" will be on the menu Monday evening, before Tuesday evening or Wednesday a bill "against scams and excesses of influencers on social networks". Supported by MPs Stéphane Vojetta (related to Renaissance) and Arthur Delaporte (PS), it is supported by the government.

A controversial text on the protection of landlords against squatters and unpaid rents, defended by the presidential majority, will pass a second reading on Wednesday.