Jacques Attali, economist, writer, and advisor over the years to many powerful men and women, was Anne Roumanoff’s guest on Thursday February 25 on the antenna of Europe 1 , in the show It feels good. He spoke about the issue of aid to be allocated to students during the Covid-19 health crisis.
” Scandal “
The ” priority “, for Jacques Attali, “Is to give an allowance to the students. Because it is a scandal not to help them continue their studies ”. It takes the example of other European countries, which seem more advanced than France on the question, like Denmark and Norway.
How much should this aid be? The economist is initially considering a payment by the State ranging from 500 to 600 €, which may be more important.
Continue after the crisis
The idea, for Jacques Attali, is also to extend this aid after the pandemic, which will have highlighted the difficulties encountered by the students.
The goal: that the latter no longer abandon their studies for lack of means. He takes the example of medical students who could be forced to leave their studies, while in ten years, France could be in shortage of caregivers. “This is what I call self-interested altruism”, explains Jacques Attali. “We had better be altruistic. “
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