What is the “single social allowance” that Michel Barnier wants to put in place next year?

This Thursday, October 3 on France 2, Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced that he wanted to relaunch an old project, which he himself was carrying out with the Republicans for the 2022 presidential election.

“ I am going to open a project, which will take a little time, which will not be immediate for next year, which will be that of the single social allowance”, he declared.

“It pays more to work than not to work”

The objective of this measure, strongly inspired by the universal income project of the government of Edouard Philippe, will be “so that at the end of this work, it pays more to work than not to work”he explained, specifying that the “The construction site will take a little time.”

For the former European Commissioner, “work must pay more than the addition of benefits”, which means that he wants to create a single capped social assistance.

This is also recommended “at 70% of the minimum wage” by Laurent Wauquiez, the president of the Republican Right deputies, to fight against “assistantship”.

What does the Prime Minister’s project consist of?

The project led at the time by Michel Barnier was to merge several benefits (active solidarity income (RSA), unemployment benefits and all other aid paid by the Caf and the MSA (excluding old age and disability) allocated to households modest in one and the same social allowance.

Which implies that the compensation requested from the beneficiaries of this aid would have been reinforced. In detail, each recipient should have committed to following at least training or participating in a public service, indicates Capital.

Some allowances could be increased

This project is reminiscent of the RSA reform, which must be generalized to the whole of France on January 1, 2025. To receive this benefit, it will be necessary to complete 15 hours of activity per week which allows one to reorient themselves towards employment. The measure is currently being tested in around forty departments.

If Michel Barnier did not specify whether he was going to resume the project as he left it, he declared that certain allocations could be increased, such as those paid to “people with disabilities.