RSA Key Found in Collimator Belonging to Presidential Republican Candidate Laurent Wauquiez
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Headline: Laurent Wauquiez wants to limit RSA to two years: "It's time to end welfare in our country"
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"It's high time we stopped the welfare in this country" - that's the clear message from right-wing presidential hopeful Laurent Wauquiez in a recent interview with Le Parisien. As an outsider challenging incumbent minister Bruno Retailleau for the presidency of the Republicans, Wauquiez is determined to shake things up ahead of the party's internal election on May 17. With 117,600 party members set to cast their votes, Wauquiez is putting forward shocking proposals, including a major overhaul of the RSA.
If he hopes to "keep social support for those truly in need" - such as people living with disabilities or chronic illnesses - Wauquiez wants to ensure "people exit the RSA system for good," in order to "revalue work." He argues, "The RSA, with almost 2 million recipients and an annual budget of 12 billion euros, ought to be temporary aid for those facing a life crisis. It needs to be limited to a two-year maximum for able-bodied French citizens who can work."
Have you received this email about RSA or work activity benefits? ## "I want the right to win in 2027" declares Laurent Wauquiez
Going further still, Wauquiez advocates for increasing the number of actual working hours in exchange for RSA, which is not currently the case. He also proposes consolidating all social benefits into a single, capped benefit at 70% of the minimum wage. He believes it's wrong to "keep paying people to stay at home, while we have 500,000 job vacancies in the care sector, hospitality, and home care..." According to him, "Real social support is work: helping people means getting them out of the trap of welfare."
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As Bruno Retailleau appears the favorite in the upcoming Republican presidential election, Wauquiez wants to make his mark and hopes his proposals will not only secure him the party leadership, but also the right-wing candidate for the 2027 presidential election: "I want the right to win, and to achieve that, we need a single right-wing candidate for the 2027 presidential election. My commitment is to ensure that everyone is united. If it's not me, I will support the best-placed candidate. And if it's me, I'll lead the team." A team that could potentially unite figures like Gérald Darmanin and Sarah Knafo.
- Laurent Wauquiez's proposals for the 2027 presidential election include limiting RSA to two years for able-bodied citizens and consolidating all social benefits, aiming to "revalue work" and fill job vacancies in sectors like care, hospitality, and home care.
- In the realm of policy-and-legislation, politics, and general-news, the right-wing presidential hopeful, Laurent Wauquiez, has put forward a bold stance on social support, advocating for a shift from welfare to work as part of his plan to secure the right-wing candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
