Question 27549 — overseas

Summary

Mr. Jean-Philippe Nilor draws the attention of the Minister of Labor to the urgency of an employment policy adapted to the needs of Martinique. During his last questions to the Government, he drew attention to the inadequacy of employment policy to the economic realities of this territory and, more generally, overseas. Explicitly, he called for a paradigm shift as well as the implementation of strong measures, concrete and effective measures to both protect local businesses and protect them from judicial liquidations, which are often abusive. Since the start of the year, macroeconomic news has accentuated the urgent nature of another government action in favor of employment, in this territory and more generally overseas. Furthermore, it qualifies the latest unemployment rate figures which indicate a significant drop in this both at the national and local level, i.e. 8% in mainland France and more than 18% in Martinique, according to the latest INSEE report. However, the reality on the ground seems to indicate the opposite. Indeed, after the liquidation of France-Antilles, on January 30, which left 235 employees in the middle of the ford, it is the turn of the Ho Hio Hen group, 19 companies, to find themselves in turmoil with a threat of unemployment, in the very short term, for 650 employees, in the 3 departments including 400 in Martinique. At this rate, and although business creations jumped by 46% in the last quarter of 2018, making Martinique the most dynamic territory in France in terms of entrepreneurship, the number of creations does not compensate for the number of jobs destroyed, i.e. 635 over two months. Because the majority of these creations are micro-enterprises or individual businesses, respectively + 39% and + 27%, in total almost 480 over one quarter. These examples therefore show a strong trend towards the destruction of jobs in SMEs and call for a necessary consideration of the characteristics of the economic fabric, composed largely of VSEs and self-employed workers (nearly 90%), in the development of Martinique. Today, this sudden and accelerated deterioration of the situation of employment requires a redefinition of public policy in this area. In addition, faced with the dual problem of attractiveness and demographics resulting in an annual decline of 0.8%, or 15,827 fewer inhabitants than in 2011, Martinique will be the oldest department in France by 2030-2040. In this context, the economic situation requires more than ever an incisive action plan in terms of employment policy. The MP reaffirms that the innovative solutions he has proposed are likely to respond to the needs of the populations and the real social, demographic and economic challenges of this territory, for example the extension to Martinique of the experimental business mediation system hitherto reserved for the Centre-Val de Loire, Grand-Est, Normandy and PACA regions, the creation of an economic cooperation mobility passport for boost the economic market, the establishment of a new nomenclature dedicated to local VSEs to take into account the weight of island constraints on their sustainability, the postponement of the procedure for dematerialization of declarations and payment of contributions to limit the consequences of late payments by communities and white zones. These proposals therefore deserve particular attention because they involve finally implement an economic model adapted to territorial realities. He asks her if she intends to engage in this economic development project that it is urgent to undertake for the benefit of the populations by giving a favorable response to these concrete proposals.

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