Question 7647 — professions and social activities

Summary

Mr. Laurent Alexandre alerts the Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life to the drop in funding affecting civic service in 2025. On February 24, 2025, following the end of the freezing of civic service contracts after the vote in the National Assembly on the 2025 finance bill, the Minister declared: “Civic service is an essential program, offering our young people the opportunity to get involved, to feel useful by working for causes of general interest, while developing valuable skills for their professional future. I will continue to support this dynamic to guarantee our young people, the actors of tomorrow, the best opportunities for engagement. ". Until now, civic service was presented as a success and a vector of social diversity to support young people towards employment. The launch of the ecological civic service in 2025 was to strengthen this dynamic and propose a response to the eco-anxiety of young people and the climate emergency. However, for the calendar year 2025, the Government has just announced the reduction in the number of missions, from 87,000 to 72,000, i.e. a total elimination of 15,000 missions. This drop in funding is a very bad signal sent to young people, sending them back to a budgetary adjustment variable. Youth and social cohesion are nevertheless displayed as priorities for the President of the Republic and the Government. Removing these missions amounts to depriving society of the structuring impact and emancipatory role of civic service on young people. Furthermore, this decision is both a material and symbolic blow to the entire French associative fabric. These are mainly associations, public establishments and communities that host volunteers. After the freezing of contracts in February, this decision further weakens the situation of the infrastructures which welcome young people on missions, while they are already impacted by chronic underfinancing and uncertain public aid. Associations play an essential role in civic service: they are at its origin and still represent 60% of organizations today. reception. Since 2010, they have enabled more than 500,000 young people to get involved. The drop in the number of civic service missions, if it were maintained, would be a serious blow to the associations which energize the territories and keep a social, ecological and cultural fabric still standing, despite the disengagement of the State. He therefore asks him to maintain the number of civic service missions at 87,000 for the year 2025. He asks it if it can also commit to putting in place multi-year planning concerning civic service and its missions, in order to guarantee greater clarity and stability for all the welcoming structures which depend on it.

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