It will be submitted to the Council of Ministers in December. The bill, requested primarily by right-wing groups, supports a “single social allowance” could soon take shape, if Sébastien Lecornu manages to sign up for the long term at Matignon.
I“single social allowance” allows you to do so “collect activity bonuses, RSA and some housing assistance”, said Sébastien Lecornu on Friday in Albi during the Assises des Départements de France.
Measure affection for Laurent Wauquiez
He highlighted ” ability “ from this measurement “to make savings, not on the beneficiaries (…) but simply, of course, management savings” and to “reconciling many people with different political sensibilities”.
“It’s time to finally create a real social.gouv.fr that enables social workers” and to the department in charge of social assistance, “ to be able to get personalized support” beneficiaries, he added.
This was a measure dear to the heart of the deputy leader of Les Républicains, Laurent Wauquiez, who advocated a “single social allowance” limited to“70% of minimum wage” to fight “assistant”.
For associations that defend the most vulnerable groups, the idea of simplifying and harmonizing the basics of social benefits is a good thing considering the level of non-acceptance of some of them. But these reforms must not be carried out at the expense of the most vulnerable groups, they stressed, warning against the temptation to do so “downward harmonization”.
Potential loser?
This potential risk “loser” demonstrated in 2018 by France Stratégie, an organization affiliated with Matignon, which stated that a merger of several services could“on a constant budget” causing a reduction in resources for 3.55 million households.
The reforms promised by Emmanuel Macron since 2018, relaunched by Sébastien Lecornu’s predecessors at Matignon, aim to make social benefits easier to understand but their contours currently remain unclear.
In late 2024 Michel Barnier, then Prime Minister, planned to launch the project in 2025, then taken over by François Bayrou, but has not yet provided the scope and related services.
