For his hundredth day in Matignon, Gabriel Attal defended his results at length, Thursday April 18 on BFM-TV, after promising a rapid response from his government in the face of “addiction to violence” of part of the youth during a speech in Viry-Châtillon (Essonne). This broadcast was scheduled after a first regal sequence from the Prime Minister, who announced, Thursday morning, a series of measures and a “consultation” of eight weeks to deal with the violence of some of the youth.
The employment contract “in effect from the next school year”
Gabriel Attal announced, Thursday morning, the establishment of a “contract of rights and obligations” that parents would have to sign and which would lead to sanctions in the event of non-compliance with its provisions. On BFM-TV, the Prime Minister specifies that this contract, the exact outlines of which are referred to the eight-week consultation which will open, would come into force in September.
It is difficult, however, to know to what extent this “contract” could be binding. The Senate commission of inquiry into violence against teachers, which submitted its report on March 6had thought about this possibility, and finally abandoned the idea of a contract to propose the signing of a simple charter. “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 the two rapporteurs, Laurent Lafon (Centrist Union, Val-de-Marne).
Reception from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at college in force “gradually” from the next school year
Among his announcements made Thursday morning to combat minor violence, Mr. Attal said that “all middle school students will be in school every day of the week, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., starting with [ceux des établissements des] 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 and high school, the diploma (brevet, CAP or baccalaureate) must now take into account the behavior of the student, he continued. When we do not behave well, when we attack our classmates, when we disrupt life at school, when we damage school property and do nothing to repair it, we 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 [Eric Dupont-Moretti] 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.
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The head of government notably 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 those 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, Gabriel Attal 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 quatrième 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 model that encourages work”. He notably defended the conditionality of active solidarity income (RSA) to fifteen hours of activity per week, a measure which has already come into force and extended to forty-seven departments at the end of February, which must become generalized “by the end of the year”.
But the new unemployment insurance reform project defended by Matignon, which aims for a further tightening of the rules and compensation conditions, is criticized on the left and also criticized in the ranks of the majority.
Conference on Palestine 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”said Gabriel Attal, regarding a canceled conference on Palestine.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Rima Hassam had planned to hold a conference on Thursday in a room in Lille, but it was banned by the Northern prefecture after an initial cancellation by the University of Lille which was to host the event.
“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 in June: “The oppositions do not want to talk about Europe”
” It’s for me, [le scrutin] the most important probably since the European elections existed”, argued the Prime Minister regarding the vote which must be held on June 9, without however detailing the program supported by the presidential majority.
Asked about the difficult start to the campaign for the presidential candidate, Valérie Hayer, left behind in the polls by the head of the National Rally list, Jordan Bardella, Gabriel Attal 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. »
“Again, I think that even if we can criticize Europe, and we can come back to it, we have done a lot of things to make it improve. No one can say that we will function better if we are outside the European Union. This is what the National Rally and also Reconquête!, Marion Maréchal, Eric Zemmour are proposing: a Brexit in pieces”, he added to the extreme right.