Macron mobilizes the big bosses for neighborhood youth

Paris (AFP) – Emmanuel Macron met Tuesday at the Elysee bosses of the 100 largest French companies to call for strengthening apprenticeship and hiring in neighborhoods in difficulty.

The President congratulated that the 30,000 3rd clbad internship offers promised in his speech on the city's policy in May were already found to be offered to young people next year.

In addition to 15,000 internships in state services Companies will offer another 15,000, including 1,500 for BNP-Paribas, 600 for Accor or 1,300 for the Public Works Building Federation.

"A country can not succeed when only a few succeed," said the head of state by concluding this meeting dubbed "France, a chance, companies pledge."

Before the Congress On July 9, the head of state announced the meeting, stating that he would not ask companies "to commit themselves by law but by active, immediate, visible commitments, creations of jobs, hiring apprentices. "

" The state can not everything, companies must commit, "agreed Patrick Pouyanné, the CEO of Total, the leading French group. He thus cited the decision to increase the number of apprenticeship equivalents to 5%, in particular by reducing the number of temporary employees.

The bosses of Kering, BNP-Paribas, Accor, L'Oréal and Pernod were notably present, as well as those of several foreign companies established in France, including Zara, Novartis or Coca-Cola.

That of Danone, Emmanuel Faber, insisted that "a company could not develop without weaving links of utility reciprocal with the territory. "

For the executive, enterprises must take their share after the multiplication of reforms, including that of the Labor Code, vocational training, the ISF or the Pact Act. [19659002] The Élysée insists on the need to value the many initiatives already undertaken, especially by badociations like Article1, which helps to orient 40,000 young people a year, Viensvoirmontaf, "the network for young people without a network" who "wants to release the address books to allow the 3rd to do the stage of their dream "according to Melanie Taravant, his co-founder.

Emmanuel Macron said" hold much "to testing, which will be conducted in 40 of the 120 largest companies in September

Jacques Mézard, Minister of Territorial Cohesion, and Secretary of State Julien Denormandie to take stock of the government's strategy for troubled neighborhoods at the Cabinet meeting Wednesday, nearly two months after the presidential speech on the politics of the city. The latter followed the presentation of the report by Jean-Louis Borloo, who "fed the government's thinking" according to the Elysée.