He defended his record for more than two hours. Responding to questions from journalists on purchasing power, health, school or even the fight against global warming, Emmanuel Macron multiplied the assertions, often quantified, to demonstrate the effectiveness of his action and that of governments which have followed one another since 2017. 20 minutes examined four of them under the magnifying glass.
“A worker who is on full-time minimum wage has gained 9% in purchasing power since 2017. »
Is this statement from Emmanuel Macron correct? A study by Drees, the statistics department of the Ministry of Health and Solidarity, leaned in the case of a single worker paid the minimum wage: their disposable income, including social assistance, increased by 8.7% between July 2017 and July 2022. An increase due to the gradual abolition of the housing tax, the reduction in social security contributions on salaries and the revaluation of the activity bonus in 2019, after the “yellow vest” movement, notes the Drees.
However, the gain in purchasing power is not the same depending on the configuration of the family: it decreases depending on the number of children. A single person with one child saw their purchasing power increase by 4.5%, one with two children by 3.9%. On the other hand, a single-parent family with three children saw its purchasing power stagnate: this fell by 0.2%, notes the Drees.
“We have doubled the number of nursing homes in six years. »
Is this statement from Emmanuel Macron correct? This was a promise from Emmanuel Macron when he was president in 2017, responding to requests from health professionals and patients. In March 2017, the French had access to 910 healthcare homes. In June 2021, this figure stood at 1,889, as we recalled in this article. Almost two years later, this figure has increased further: in March 2023, France counted 2,251 of these structures. In June, the government presented a plan to continue these openings, in order to reach 4,000 openings in the territory.
This dynamic of openness actually began at the end of the 2000s, before Emmanuel Macron’s first five-year term. In 2008, the Minister of Health Roselyne Bachelot already defended the opening of these structures.
If these health centers undoubtedly improve access to care, they cannot be the only response to medical deserts, alerted a researcher and an elected official to 20 minutes in 2022.
“We have doubled the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. […] We were at 2% per year, between 2018 and 2022, we are at 4.6% in 2023, so what we did to increase [cette baisse des émissions] is working. »
Is this statement from Emmanuel Macron correct? France actually experienced a drop in its emissions of 4.6% over the first nine months of last year, compared to the first nine months of 2022, according to calculations by the Citepa association.
However, this decline is not only due to policies implemented by the government, as Emmanuel Macron welcomed. The reduction in emissions in the energy production sector is thus partly linked to the return to service of nuclear reactors, which produce carbon-free energy. Citepa also notes that “the industrial sector is still strongly impacted by the energy crisis”.
“Spending time in front of a screen has an impact on a child’s emotional, sensory and cognitive development. »
Is this statement from Emmanuel Macron correct? Scientists are still studying the impact of screens on children’s development, from early childhood to adolescence. A recent Inserm study, carried out with nearly 14,000 children between the ages of 2 and 5 and a half, showed that the context in which the child spends time in front of the screen must be taken into account, in addition exposure time.
Its authors note that “there is sufficient evidence to conclude that, overall and in the real-world context of use, greater screen time is associated with poorer language development in early childhood.” Thus, researchers noted that children who shared a meal while the television was on had poorer language development scores.
However, certain lifestyle factors may diminish this negative impact of screens, noted the scientists, who call for future studies to continue to explore the impact of screens on children’s development.