Fanointing little known to the general public and little used under the Ve Republic – only Nicolas Sarkozy and General de Gaulle had appointed high commissioners – Emmanuel Macron decided to bring the high commissions up to date. After the High Commission for Pensions and the High Commission for Planning, the Head of State announced the creation, in January, of a High Commission for Children.
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When the new government formed by François Bayrou was announced, the absence of a ministry dedicated to children aroused concern among associations. Agnès Canayer, the outgoing Minister Delegate in charge of Families and Early Childhood, was not reappointed, and issues related to childhood do not appear in the title of the “super ministry” managed by Catherine Vautrin, the Minister of Labor, Health, Solidarity and Families.
To remedy this absence, Emmanuel Macron announced, on X (formerly Twitter), that a High Commission for Children would be created in January: “The protection of the youngest is at the heart of my commitment . It will remain so for the next thirty months. »
One in five children below the poverty line
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An administrative entity autonomous from other ministries, a high commission is embodied by a personality who is not part of the government. With the mission of establishing a political action plan, the high commissioner – who has not yet been chosen – can participate in the council of ministers when subjects related to his field are discussed there.
ALSO READ Bayrou in Matignon, the revenge of the High Commissioner for PlanningAccording to Le Figarothe creation of this High Commission for Children allows Emmanuel Macron to outsource this file so that it does not pay the price for the current political instability. Being able to be governmental or administrative and very often attached to the services of the Prime Minister – as was the case for that of the Plan – the high commission can in fact be maintained in the event of censorship or reshuffle. Because government instability since the legislative elections last June is one of the main obstacles for child protection associations, while one in five children in France lives below the poverty line and 160,000 are victims of sexual violence every year. “The advantage of the high commission is to allow stability,” Catherine Vautrin’s office explained to France Info.
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