Question 16517 — press and books

Summary

Mr. Jean-Michel Brard draws the attention of the Minister of Labor and Solidarity to the situation of numerous correspondents from the local and regional press in France, whose commitment remains insufficiently recognized in view of the service rendered to the community. Like many local correspondents, they devote years to local news for the regional press, ensuring a daily presence on the ground in order to relay the municipal, associative, cultural and sporting life in their territory, with a significant weekly investment, often increased during tourist periods. Press correspondents constitute an essential link in local information. Their permanent presence on the ground helps to promote local life and contribute to maintaining an independent regional press, close to citizens. Without their daily work, many local newspapers could not provide satisfactory coverage of their territory. However, this activity, which corresponds to many hours per week (variable depending on the season), does not give rise to any social recognition in terms of retirement. The compensation received, which partially compensates for the costs incurred and the time spent, is declared to the tax administration, but does not entitle you to any contributions, nor to quarters of retirement. He would therefore like to know, on the one hand, whether the Government plans to initiate a reflection on taking into account the years of activity of local press correspondents in the calculation of retirement rights and what timetable prospects could be identified for possible recognition of these periods. He also asks him to please specify whether a measure allowing the validation of one quarter of retirement per year of activity exercised as a press correspondent could be studied, under what conditions (certification from the editorial staff, supporting documents such as published articles, etc.) this recognition could be granted and if the Government intends to extend this reflection to association leaders particularly invested in local public life, in order to recognize its true value the commitment of those who contribute to the dynamism of communities and the maintenance of social ties. Finally, he would like to know his position on the advisability of recognizing, for example, for nearly twenty years of correspondence, a number of quarters equivalent to five years of retirement, in view of the time actually spent.

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