Question 27431 — European Union

Summary

Mrs Bérangère Abba draws the attention of the Secretary of State, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for European affairs, to the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD). This instrument, established by the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework, represents a major source of financing for food distribution associations in France. It makes it possible to provide vital emergency aid which constitutes a gateway to social inclusion. Based on food aid, associations are in fact developing numerous actions: housing assistance, budgetary advice, access to rights and the fight against the digital divide, access to culture and leisure, micro-credit, job search assistance, etc. In its draft multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, the European Commission has proposed the grouping of different instruments financial institutions with a social vocation, including the FEAD, in a new fund: the European Social Fund (ESF+), which would be allocated a total of 101 billion euros over the period. Regarding the level of intervention, the Commission proposes that each Member State must allocate at least 2% of its ESF+ funds to combating material deprivation. If the States stick to this minimum, 2 billion euros will therefore be allocated to food aid at European level, a decrease of almost half compared to the previous period. She asks him what measures the Government is considering to defend this European policy during budgetary negotiations, to implement it in France and allow associations to sustainably fight against poverty.

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