Depardieu, start fee, start depart… What to recollect from Emmanuel Macron's interview | EUROtoday
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HAS At the top of his two five-year phrases, he needs “to have changed things”. In an interview with the journal She and revealed this Wednesday, May 8, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, unveiled a number of measures to spice up the start fee in France. He additionally returned to the Depardieu affair, on which he spoke final December, affirming that he was a “great admirer” of the actor who was indicted and shall be tried in October for acts of sexual assault.
The president needs to “generate a dynamic birth rate”
Starting with enhancing entry to medically assisted procreation (MAP). “We structurally have a problem with medical supply,” regrets the Head of State, whereas ready instances are round 16 to 24 months. “We are going to open up egg self-preservation to private centers. It was until now reserved for hospital establishments,” guarantees Emmanuel Macron.
The president, all the time with the target of “generating a dynamic birth rate”, additionally specifies his huge plan in opposition to infertility which shall be damaged down “in triptych: prevention, pathway, research”. Thus, the Head of State intends to implement a well being test reimbursed by Health Insurance, which shall be supplied “from this year” to younger folks aged 18 to 25.
READ ALSO In France, the fertility of males is increased than that of ladies“For example, around the age of 20, a “fertility check-up” will present a whole evaluation, spermogram, ovarian reserve, and so on.,” provides Emmanuel Macron. A marketing campaign “in favor of self-preservation of oocytes for women who want to have children later” may also be launched.
On the opposite hand, the latter nonetheless doesn’t say he’s “favorable” to surrogacy (GPA). “It is not compatible with the dignity of women, it is a form of commodification of their bodies,” he justifies. Before including: “That said, I obviously think that parents of children born through surrogacy abroad must be respected and supported. They are loving families. »
The reform of “parental leave”
Since July 1, 2021 – and due to this fact, beneath Emmanuel Macron's first five-year time period – the period of paternity depart has been prolonged to 25 calendar days. To this shall be added the creation of “birth leave” to interchange parental depart, introduced on January 16 throughout a press convention by the President of the Republic. This start depart shall be “shorter and better paid”, specifies Emmanuel Macron to Shewhereas parental depart is presently struggling to persuade, particularly due to its low remuneration (429 euros monthly).
READ ALSO How Macron needs to “rearm” France with infants“Three months for mothers, three months for fathers, cumulative during the child's first year, and compensated up to 50% of salary up to the Social Security ceiling [1900 €]. » This system, which will supplement maternity and paternity leave, will come into force “at the end of 2025”.
Launch of a debate on the “role of fathers”
Asked about new concrete measures in favor of single-parent households counting on moms, Emmanuel Macron deplored the truth that “we accept the absence of a role for fathers in these families”. And to proceed: “We allowed men to exempt themselves from all their parental duties. This is a real inequality. »
The President of the Republic thus wishes to open a “debate” on parenthood, “and in particular on the role of the father”. “It is at the heart of the crisis we are experiencing,” he says, whereas “90% of the young rioters last July came either from child welfare or from single-parent families.”
The definition of consent within the regulation
The Head of State needs us to have the ability to “define in our law” the notion of consent, in order that it’s “clear, fully objective and respectful of our principles”. He signifies that he has entrusted this work to parliamentarians, who “are currently working on this subject with the Minister of Justice so that a proposed text can see the light of day by the end of the year”.
“No complacency” in favor of Gérard Depardieu
In this interview, Emmanuel Macron returned to the feedback he made final December, when he stated he was a “great admirer of Gérard Depardieu”, denounced “a manhunt” and affirmed that the The actor made France “proud”. “I have never defended an aggressor against victims,” insists the Head of State in the present day, though he reaffirms his need to “respect our principles, such as the presumption of innocence”. “There is no complacency among me,” insists Emmanuel Macron.
READ ALSO Depardieu affair: the arrival of the virtuousThe latter claims to have “deep respect, goodwill and great confidence for and in the words of women, and to be “intractable on the issue of rape, domination, this culture of brutality”. “My priority is and has always been the protection of victims, and this is also the case for the Depardieu affair. »
On the term “manhunt”, which he utilized in December on the present “C à vous”, he claims to have used it in a “non-sexual way”. “I don't like media trials, justice by tweets, and in general. We are in a society that seeks to kill people in a few days and then forgets about them. Me, I am more in the fight, in the maquis,” the president justifies himself.
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