2023-06-26 18:40:22
Emmanuel Macron, June 26 during his trip to Marseille. WILLIAM HORCAJUELO / AFP
On the sidelines of his three-day trip to Marseille, Emmanuel Macron assured the mother of a job seeker that there was “ten offers” possible for his son, inviting him to do “the tour of the Old Port” Monday evening with him to illustrate his point. The Head of State, who sparked controversy in 2018 by declaring to a young horticulturist looking for a job that it was enough to ” cross the street “ to find work, persisted in Marseille: “When I was younger, I said you had to cross the street. This is even truer today than yesterday.he argued.
The president was arrested during a walkabout by a woman deploring that her son, aged 33, no longer receives the active solidarity income (RSA). “He owes eleven months rent now. He can’t even get a job.” car “He has no money to take transport”she said sorry, shaking hands with the president.
Emphasizing that there were “support devices” pour ” go to work “Mr. Macron questioned her in return: “What does your son want to work in? (…) He’s ready to work as a waiter? “Any…everything!” »replied his interlocutor.
“You are not going to make me believe that, if he is really looking for a job in Marseille, and he is ready to take a job as a waiter, that there is no job as a waiter”, engaged the head of state. Insistent: “Me, I promise you: I’m going around the Old Port tonight [lundi] with you, I’m sure there are ten job offers”. “He is going to see one of my collaborators. And tonight [lundi], he has an appointment for a job”promised the president again.
Opposition reactions
In May, during a trip to Dunkirk, Emmanuel Macron had already suggested to a young man that it was enough to “to go one meter” to find a job.
This new outing by the President of the Republic on this subject immediately caused the opposition to react, like the leader of the “rebellious” deputies, Mathilde Panot, who estimated that « Macron caricature Macron ». “The solution to unemployment? Crossing a street in 2018. Doing one meter in May 2023. The time has come to take a tour of the Old Port in June 2023. Faced with the contempt of the people, the only unemployed person hoped for in the country is Emanuel Macron »she wrote on Twitter.
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The “rebellious” deputy Bastien Lachaud has, him, castigated the “old reactionary myth” of the “millions of unfilled jobs”. “We are not dealing with a president but with a rude provocateur, who makes fun of the people. Unworthy »he gritted. “What Macron says is not wrong. The last time, even without going around, he appointed his former interior minister, president of the great maritime port of Marseille…”, has, for his part, mocked Olivier Faure, leader of the Socialist Party. Senator LR from Bouches-du-Rhône Valerie Boyer has, for her part, quipped: “When Emmanuel Macron is no longer president, he could retrain as an agent at Pôle emploi. »
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