Exceptional aid of 150 euros for beneficiaries of RSA and APL

Asked about a revaluation of social minima during his television interview, the president agreed that for “the most precarious who fall into poverty, we must have an answer”.

“So what we are going to do, because it is the largest and most effective device, is for the beneficiaries of RSA and APL – which suddenly affects all young people very widely, the 18/25 years old – to have exceptional help, during these next 6 weeks, of 150 euros plus 100 euros per child, the same as what we did, in fact, in the spring “, he said.

“This will allow to go between 100 and 450 euros, which is more than a revaluation”, continued the president during his television interview.

An exception rather than an increase

Emmanuel Macron ruled out a sustainable increase in the RSA, recalling that he wanted us to “do not lose our fundamentals, the fight against poverty through activity and work”.

“I prefer this massive exceptional aid rather than an increase in social minima”, he stressed.

In the spring, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced the payment of a “emergency aid” 150 euros per family receiving RSA or the Specific Solidarity Allowance (ASS), to which were added 100 euros per child.

This “exceptional solidarity aid”, costing nearly a billion euros, aimed to respond to the consequences of the epidemic crisis and confinement on the budgets of the most modest households.