Unemployment insurance: Gabriel Attal wants to “multiply by three” checks on beneficiaries by 2027

Gabriel Attal s'est exprimé depuis le siège de l'entreprise Numalliance, à Saint-Michel-sur-Meurthe (Vosges). MAXPPP – Jerome HUMBRECHT

En déplacement dans les Vosges ce vendredi 1er mars, le Premier ministre Gabriel Attal a annoncé vouloir un durcissement des contrôles des demandeurs d'emploi. 

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal took advantage of a trip to the Vosges on Friday March 1 to discuss the "difficult decisions" what will his government do next regarding the reform of unemployment benefit. 

The Prime Minister notably announced his intention to accelerate"  controls "on people who benefit from unemployment benefit".

1.5 million checks in 2027

"France Travail, formerly Pôle Emploi, carried out 500,000 per year last year, this had already increased significantly (…) . This year we will reach more than 600,000 and I set a goal: to triple the controls each year by the end of the five-year term ​​​​​​", declared the head of the government from the headquarters of the Numalliance company, in Saint-Michel-sur-Meurthe. 

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The objective is thus set at 1.5 million annual checks in 2027 by France Travail. Gabriel Attal would like  "controls to be more targeted, that they focus on professions in tension, those where there is the greatest need to recruit&quot ;. "Today, approximately one in two checks concerns sectors in tension. I hope we go to 7 out of 10 this year", he insisted.

Tightening of rights

For three months, the executive has demonstrated its desire to further tighten unemployment insurance rights, after two controversial reforms to this effect in 2019 and 2023.

Accompanied by Ministers Catherine Vautrin (Labour) and Roland Lescure (Industry), Gabriel Attal went before his speech to the France Travail agency in Épinal where he exchanged with unemployed people or RSA beneficiaries now conditional on hours of activity or training.