Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne Visits Crèche and Presents Government’s Plan for Early Childhood Amid Protests in Angers and Mayenne

The Prime Minister must spend the day of this Thursday 1st Thursday between Maine-et-Loire and Mayenne. On the program of his visit: employment and early childhood. If her movements were kept secret until the last moment, demonstrators were waiting for her with pans a few meters from the nursery where she went this morning in Angers, Roseraie district.

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne arrived this Thursday morning June 1 in Angers (Maine-et-Loire), Roseraie district to visit the Roger Mercier crèche.

Objective of this morning: to present the government’s plan dedicated to early childhood.

If its program was kept secret for as long as possible in order to avoid demonstrations or blockages, demonstrators with saucepans managed to gather a few meters from the crèche.

There is a shortage of employees in early childhood due to a lack of wages. Today, more than 40% of employees are paid below the minimum wage.

Anthony Kerdreux

Union representative FO of the Vyv group

“They come to announce a plan to us but it’s nonsense, plus we can’t even discuss with Madame Borne, we weren’t invited”protests the trade unionist.

A round table was organized inside the crèche: Elisabeth Borne must in particular announce a guarantee of reception of young children with a budget of 5.5 billion euros and the creation of thousands of additional childcare places.

The Prime Minister exchanged with the parents and the staff of the structure.

She must then attend the conclusion of the “National Council for Refoundation Dedicated to Early Childhood”.

This afternoon, Elisabeth Borne will go to Laval in Mayenne for a “republican lunch”. The Prime Minister will participate in a Pôle Emploi job dating on site. from 4 p.m.

Around 5 p.m., a company visit and a round table on the “issues of recruitment within the framework of the France Travail experimentation” are on the programme.

Finally around 5.45 p.m., Elisabeth Borne will meet Christelle Morençais, the president of the Pays de la Loire region to sign “the regional protocol for the prefiguration of France Travail” supposed to support people in their job search and companies towards full employment.