Apprenticeship places that pay a sub-minimum wage, and where the contracts include a training commitment from the employer, have been successful (e.g. in France).
As acknowledged in the Economic and Financial Document (DEF), the cyclical slowdown is increasing the budget deficit in the current year. The increase in the debt-to-GDP ratio could exceed that indicated in the government’s budget (almost half a percentage point), which assumes revenue from privatizations amounting to about € billion (one percentage point of GDP).