Government announces that bill on purchasing power will be presented after legislative elections

At the end of the last council of ministers of the first mandate of the re-elected president, the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, unveiled the content of the bill, which contains several promises of the candidate Macron.

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Extension of the price shield on energy prices, deletion of the audiovisual fee, thaw from the point of clues of civil servants … All these promises of candidate Emmanuel Macron will be entered in a bill on purchasing power Who will be presented “in the wake of the legislative elections”, announced the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, after the Council of Ministers, Wednesday 11.

already being prepared, this text provides for the extension of the price shield on energy prices until the end of 2022 and the establishment of a “perennial device and Better targeted than the 18 -central delivery on fuel prices, which will be prosecuted, of course “. “We will continue to lower taxes,” also said Mr. Attal, by integrating into this text of the abolition of the contribution to the audiovisual public (or audiovisual fee) that Emmanuel Macron said during his campaign .

triple of the premium “Macron”

Gabriel Attal has also integrated into this amending finance bill the tripling of the so -called “Macron” premium, or purchasing bonus. As a reminder, the purchasing bonus was created in 2019 to respond to the claims of “yellow vests”. It allows employers to pay employees earning less than three times the minimum wage an exempt bonus of taxes for the employee and social contributions for the boss. She was capped so far at 1,000 euros. Mr. Macron wishes to enhance this level up to 6,000 euros.

The bill will also relate to the thaw of the civil servant index – the Minister of the Public Service, Amélie de Montchalin, announced in March that the index point, used to calculate the processing of agents, would be upgraded “before summer”. On this subject, Mr. Macron had said, during his campaign, go further than the thaw of the index point. On Franceinfo, on April 15, he had notably announced that, “in the summer”, the future government will be responsible for “making a complete reform of the grids and the organization of the public service. And, then, there will be A revaluation of the point, so that it allows you to accompany the elements of purchasing power “.

By continuing to list the measures integrated into this amending finance bill, Gabriel Attal then mentioned this Wednesday a revaluation of social benefits at 1 er July, “without waiting for the usual calendar” . “We are going to revalue retirement pensions with inflation,” also announced the government spokesperson in reference to another campaign promise, as is the creation of food checks “this summer”.

Furthermore, when it was the last council of ministers of the first mandate of Emmanuel Macron, the latter thanked his government team for the work accomplished since July 2020. The Head of State “thanked Each and everyone for the work that was done (…) He said with solemnity and affection that he had been very proud to be around this table with Jean Castex and his government in the past two years, “said Gabriel Attal .

/Media reports.