Quoted from the Intervention Act, which applies to aid for the self-employed: 'Income repayment: self-employed workers who will see their income fall by more than 20% in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 and who do not see their income rise by more than 20% in the second half of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 are eligible for aid. In the event that this condition of the aid is not met, the beneficiary must repay the full amount of the aid. "
 
We propose that only the excess (i.e. the 20%) be repaid or that it be raised to 40% or 50%.
 
The condition is completely unrealistic. The newly created self-employed already plan to grow their income every year for the first three years. Anyone who opened last year and planned to grow this year may be out or have to pay back.
There is also a problem for project work. Some self-employed people do not and cannot predict in advance what income they will have. 20% is a small margin, especially for the small self-employed.
 
With this law, you will push more self-employed people into closure than you think and raise the poverty level. Count on everyone who closes down going to the unemployment office, becoming a cost again and raising the unemployment rate.