Poverty Reaches a Record Level in France: Insee's "Warming" Figures

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According to INSEE, the poverty rate broke a record in 2023 in metropolitan France. Inequities in living standards also increased sharply in 2023. The Foundation for the Housing of the Disadvantaged evokes "unwarranted" figures and urges the State to take action. - Poverty reaches a record level in France: the "unwarranted" figures of INSEE (Social Issues).

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The poverty rate rose sharply in 2023 to 15.4 per cent of the population, an increase of 0.9 percentage points and the highest level in 30 years.

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Inequalities in living standards also increased "strongly" in 2023, as a result of the decline in the living standards of the most modest and the rise in the standard of living of the most affluent ever.

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The profile of the poor remains broadly unchanged, with a strong representation of single-parent families.

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"We must return to the early 1970s to have about comparable levels of poverty," explained the head of the household resources and living conditions department at INSEE.