Disability: Elisabeth Borne “did not intend to hurt” the listener of France Bleu to whom she had suggested to “resume a professional activity”

During the program “Ma France” on France Bleu on Tuesday, the Prime Minister had an exchange with Dolorès, a severely disabled listener, to whom she suggested “perhaps resuming a professional activity”. A sequence that has been criticized. Article written by Published on 08/06/2022 17:15 Updated on 08/06/2022 18:04 Reading time: 2 min. Elisabeth Borne assured Wednesday June 8 that she “naturally had no intention” of “hurting” a disabled listener, to whom she suggested “perhaps resuming a professional activity” during an exchange on France Bleu. Tuesday, in the program “Ma France” on France Bleu, Dolorès, a listener in a wheelchair after a serious accident, asked the head of government “if the State [comptait] do something for people who are disabled” and challenges her on the “deconjugalization” of the allowance for disabled adults (AAH). In response, Elisabeth Borne suggested to her that she could “perhaps resume a professional activity “. The listener then burst into tears, and the sequence was strongly criticized, especially on the left. Dolores, disabled challenges @Elisabeth Borne
on the allowance for disabled adults in #MaFrance
with @WendyBouchard on @francebleu #deconjugalisation #proximité pic.twitter.com/pW3AGz2kxp — France Bleu (@francebleu) June 7, 2022 The Prime Minister returned to this exchange on Wednesday during a press briefing in Versailles. “If the person could have been hurt by my words, obviously I regret it, I naturally did not intend to hurt them, she assured. I have since tried to contact them again, we do not didn’t manage to join, but my teams were able to have a long discussion with her. I can see to what extent this person may have had a difficult life course and so I’ll say it again, of course, we have to support her, help her overcome this very delicate moment for her.” A little earlier, Wednesday, the listener of France Bleu had also returned to this controversial exchange with the Prime Minister. “I don’t blame Elisabeth Borne at all, she assured. Maybe yes, I took the answer badly, which was not what I expected. My only expectation, c was that she said to me: yes madam, the file of the deconjugalization of the AAH will be opened. During the presidential campaign, Emmanuel Macron had promised to “move” on the individualization of the disabled adult allowance – that is to say its calculation without taking into account the income of the spouse -, a development that his government and his majority rejected several times last year. “I focused on her response to work, because they closed the doors to me because of my chair, she explained. I felt like a task for society, I still trouble today.” Document @francebleu: yesterday by questioning @Elisabeth_Borne on the #AAH Dolores, severely disabled, wanted to launch an appeal for all people in her situation. She says she doesn’t blame the prime minister. #MaFrance with @WendyBouchard pic.twitter.com/bLVp09YvqP — France Bleu (@francebleu) June 8, 2022 Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by email Share the link Related topics Vu d’Europe Franceinfo selects content every day from European public audiovisual media, members of Eurovision. These contents are published in English or French. sponsored content