The state of youth rights in Europe

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health insurance will be doubled, rising

// For the 18-25 years old, little qualified or

from 100 to 200 EUR. 30 MEUR will be al-

long-term unemployed, an intensive accom-

located to this in 2010.

paniment where the young person who accepts any training or job offer proposed by

Financial autonomy

his/her referent will benefit from a mini-

Family allowances

mum guarantee of resources.

Maintaining family allowances beyond the age of 18 represents an important redis-

// For the 18-25 years old, an allocation

tributive effort for families, but it isn’t di-

mechanism, enabling the young person

rectly of benefit to young people.

who so wishes to benefit himself from one part of the public allowances currently al-

Extension of RSA to young people who

located to his parents. In this context, the

work

young person will have the possibility to fi-

Until

very

recently,

the

RSA

(Active

nance pre-established expenses.

Solidarity Income) was not open to young people under 25, creating unfair situations for those who are placed in the same situyoung people under 25 who really are integrated in active life (and fulfil the requirement of having worked for more than two years over a period of three years) will be entitled to the RSA under the same conditions as those above 25. However, the conditions of the RSA extension risk to exclude the majority of young people under 25 and to leave them without safety nets. Experimentation of new forms of assistance for young people In 2010 and 2011, 50 MEUR will be made available to experiment three tools : // For the 16-18 years old who dropped out of school, an intensive accompaniment, with personalised assistance for those who will make the effort of following a rehabilitation path.

Appendix

ation as employees older than 25. Hence,


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