2024-02-01 18:31:06
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Tuesday at the National Assembly during his general policy declaration. Sébastien SORIANO/Le Figaro
DECRYPTION – By switching recipients from ASS to RSA, the government wants to promote work.
This is one of the main announcements of Gabriel Attal’s general policy speech: the abolition of the specific solidarity allowance (ASS) for the unemployed at the end of their rights, who will switch to active solidarity income (RSA). A substitution which is enough to question the French, many of whom were unaware of the very existence of this social assistance. The left and associations immediately took action to denounce a measure targeting the poorest. The ASS, which amounts to 545 euros per month, benefits 300,000 low-income people, subject to a means test: monthly resources must not exceed 1,271 euros for a single person or 1,998 euros for a couple. The cost of this system is around 2 billion per year.
Its replacement by the RSA, the amount of which is close – 550 euros in 2024, after deduction of the housing package – should however be equivalent for some of the beneficiaries. But some will lose out, because the resources…
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