Macron launches project against youth unemployment

The “Youth commitment contract” initiative is aimed at unemployed and untrained young people under the age of 26. It will start on March 1st and will guarantee 15-20 hours of accompaniment per week to discover a job, do training, find an apprenticeship or a job . Subscribers will have up to 500 euros per month, provided they actively engage and accept job offers. Emmanuel Macron launches a plan for the training and employment of young unemployed French people. “I am writing to you today to address the younger generations. Those who experienced the pandemic in the age of freedom, those who are mobilizing for the climate urgency “, reads a post by the French president on his Facebook page, announcing the” Youth commitment contract “. , open to all young people under 26 without work and training for several months, will start on March 1. Subscribers, explains Macron, will be able to benefit from “15-20 hours of accompaniment per week to discover a job, train, find an apprenticeship or a job “. Those who participate will receive up to 500 euros per month, under the conditions of actively engaging and accepting job offers.” I am writing to tell you that the Nation will be with you to accompany you and allow you to get to the bottom of your projects “, Macron declares, recalling the government’s investments in the energy, space and culture sectors” to create the jobs that you can occupy tomorrow. “During the pandemic, the platform was already launched rma “a young man, a solution” that allowed three million to find a training, an internship or a job, underlines Macron. Thanks to this action, youth unemployment is lower than in 2008. But it is still “too high”. And that is why the new initiative is launched.