Interview with Gabriel Attal on BFM-TV: what to recollect | EUROtoday

For his hundredth day in Matignon, Gabriel Attal defended his outcomes at size, Thursday April 18 on BFM-TV, after promising a speedy response from his authorities within the face of “addiction to violence” of a part of the youth throughout a speech in Viry-Châtillon (Essonne). This broadcast was scheduled after a primary regal sequence from the Prime Minister, who introduced Thursday morning a collection of measures and a “consultation” of eight weeks to take care of the violence of a few of the youth.

The employment contract “in effect from the next school year”

Gabriel Attal introduced Thursday morning the institution of a “contract of rights and obligations” that folks must signal and which might result in sanctions within the occasion of non-compliance with its provisions. On BFM-TV, he specifies that this contract, the precise outlines of that are referred to the eight-week session which is able to open, would come into power in September.

It is troublesome, nevertheless, to know to what extent this ” CONTRACT “ could possibly be restrictive. The Senate fee of inquiry into violence in opposition to lecturers, which submitted its report on March 6, had thought of this risk, and eventually deserted the thought of ​​a contract to suggest the signing of a easy constitution. “A contract raises the question of what happens if parents refuse to sign it, while public school is open to all and must accommodate all children, this poses a legal difficulty”explains to World one of many two rapporteurs, Laurent Lafon (Centrist Union, Val-de-Marne).

Reception from 8 a.m. to six p.m. at school in power “gradually” from the subsequent faculty yr

Among his bulletins made Thursday morning to fight minor violence, Mr. Attal stated that “all middle school students will be in school every day of the week, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., starting with priority neighborhoods and priority education networks.”

During his interview on BFM-TV, the latter clarified his remarks: “That means that for the next school year, in September, we are going to operate from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in all the colleges in the city's political districts, and that then we will seek to gradually extend, year after year, this policy. »

This measure is currently being tested in 200 colleges. Although not compulsory, it makes it possible to offer students, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., additional measures (homework help, cultural and artistic education, physical and sports education, school outings). Matignon clarified that it was in any case not a question of extending beyond priority education for the moment.

“Educational Commission”, sanctions on diplomas: “Make the rules understood”

“I announced that from the next school year, there will be an educational commission. It is the equivalent of the disciplinary council for primary school so that we can take appropriate sanctions, obviously, but in order, from a very young age, to make people understand what the rule is and that there is sanctions in the face”, explained the Prime Minister.

“I also announced that in middle school/high school, the diploma (brevet, CAP or baccalaureate) must now take into account the behavior of the student, he continued. When we don't know, we don't behave well, when we attack our classmates, when we disrupt life in the school, when we damage school property and do nothing for the repair, you must be sanctioned on your certificate, your CAP, your baccalaureate and have a mention on this subject in Parcoursup. We need to get to this point today to make people understand that the rules are to be respected and that there are always consequences when we don't respect the rules. »

A circular will be issued by the government to consider as an aggravating circumstance an attack for non-respect of “religious principles”

“The Keeper of the Seals will issue a criminal circular so that, when you are attacked because you do not respect religious principles, [soit] considered an aggravating circumstance, as is the case when someone is attacked because they have a particular religion”argued the head of government, on the question of authority intersecting with that of secularism.

In particular, he denounced in his argument “more or less organized groups that seek to engage in Islamism”who advocate “the precepts of sharia, particularly in schools”.

Salaries: Gabriel Attal promises “announcements in the coming months” to allow salaries to be increased, “especially close to the minimum wage”

Asked about another current topic, the announcement made by the French tire manufacturer Michelin of “deployment of the living wage on a global scale” for his employees, the Prime Minister defended the government's action in terms of purchasing power.

“What I am working on for announcements in the coming months is a system that will make it less expensive for bosses and employees to increase salaries, especially when we are close to the minimum wage”did he declare. “Once again, we have many more people than in other countries which are close to the minimum wage », admitted the Prime Minister.

No tax increases

Gabriel Attal reaffirmed that the government will not increase taxes. “I'm not going to tell you that we're going to start increasing taxes after having lowered them. This is not our logic at all”, he replied to the BFM-TV editorialist.

Emmanuel Macron had promised in May 2023 a tax cut of 2 billion euros by the end of the five-year term. On BFM-TV, the Prime Minister assures that this promise “will be held”. “We can keep the commitment by financing it. That means by putting, in front of the 2 billion, for example a targeted economy that we are doing to be able to make this reduction”, he added. “We have also started work on reducing employer contributions and employee contributions, because we want working French people, particularly the middle classes, to be able to earn more. It can also join this site”continued Gabriel Attal.

A reform of unemployment insurance “so that there are more French people working”

“We are reforming unemployment insurance [la 4^e depuis 2017] Why ? We want there to be more French people working”declared Gabriel Attal, questioned on economic questions. “If we had the same employment rate as the Germans, that is to say if there was the same share of our population working as on the German side, we would have almost no problems balancing our budgets “, he then argued, adding: “The more French people you have working, the more they pay in social contributions and so do their employers, and [plus ils payent] taxes when they work. »

According to him, this return to employing more French people involves three levers: “more attractive remuneration”the question of “the organization of work ” And “a social mannequin that encourages work”. He notably defended the conditionality of the RSA to fifteen hours of exercise per week, a measure already entered into power and prolonged to forty-seven departments on the finish of February, which should develop into generalized ” by the end of the year “.

But the brand new unemployment insurance coverage reform mission defended by Matignon, which goals for an additional tightening of the principles and compensation circumstances, is criticized on the left and in addition criticized within the ranks of the bulk.

Conference in Lille: “Everyone must be able to express themselves”

“Everyone must be able to express themselves. We are lucky to be in a country where freedom of expression is absolutely defended. So everyone must be able to express themselves”, stated Gabriel Attal, concerning a canceled convention on Palestine. Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Rima Hassam had deliberate to carry a convention on Thursday in a room in Lille, however which was banned by the Northern prefecture after an preliminary cancellation by the University of Lille which was to host the occasion.

“You have events that are organized, which are sometimes organized with slogans, which the security services and which a prefecture can consider could lead to a certain amount of violence. And for those, even at a time when security forces are also mobilized in a Vigipirate context, you have decisions that are taken, in this case by the prefecture. he continued. “If you ask me on the principle of whether I consider that we should prevent political figures from expressing themselves, the answer is obviously no”concluded the Prime Minister.

European elections: “The oppositions do not want to talk about Europe”

” It's for me, [les élections] the most important probably since the European elections existed”, argued the Prime Minister concerning the June 9 election, with out nevertheless detailing this system supported by the presidential majority.

Asked concerning the troublesome begin to the marketing campaign for the presidential candidate, Valérie Hayer, far behind within the polls by the top of the National Rally listing, Jordan Bardella, he first responded: “I believe that the French have not yet truly entered the European campaign. » “The real debate on the Europeans, and I deplore it, I think that it has not yet really started, in particular because the oppositions do not want to talk about Europe”continued Gabriel Attal.

“Again, I believe that even when we are able to criticize Europe, and we are able to come again to it, we now have accomplished a number of issues to make it enhance. No one taking a look at us can say that we are going to operate higher if we’re exterior the European Union. This is what the National Rally and in addition Reconquête!, Marion Maréchal, Eric Zemmour are proposing: a Brexit in items”, he added to the extreme right.