Macron mobilizes the big bosses for neighborhood youth

Macron mobilizes the big bosses for neighborhood youth
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/ Ian LANGSDON

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 welcomed that the 30,000 3rd class internship offers promised in his May policy speech were already found to be offered to young people next year.

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

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

Before the Congress, on July 9, the Head of State announced the holding of this meeting stating that he would not ask companies "to engage in the law but by active, immediate commitments, visible, job creation, hiring apprentices. "

" The state can not everything, companies must engage ", approved Patrick Pouyanné, the CEO of Total, the first French group. He thus cited the decision to increase the number of apprenticeship equivalents to 5%, notably 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 http://www.lepoint.fr/ "a company could not not develop without building links of reciprocal utility with the territory. "

For the executive, companies must take their share after the multiplication of reforms, including the Labor Code, vocational training, education and training. ISF or the Pact Act.

The Elysee insists on the need to value the many initiatives already undertaken, especially by associations 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 make the stage of their dream" according to Melanie Taravant, its co-founder.

Emmanuel Macron declared "to hold much" to the testing, which will be carried out 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 Presidential speech on the politics of the city. The latter followed the handing over of Jean-Louis Borloo's report, which "fueled the government's reflection" according to the Elysée.

17/07/2018 20:13:42 –
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