The executive presented an arsenal of measures on Thursday to support households in the face of inflation that does not weaken. Oppositions are preparing to scrap in hemicyle.
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A panel of measures to respond to the concerns of the French, but also to try to move the criticism of the oppositions. The government, which presented its highly anticipated purchasing power on Thursday, July 7, hammered a round figure: 20 billion euros. Essential devices already announced, but by which the executive wanted to recall the public silver masses mobilized since the fall of 2021 in support of households penalized by inflation.
“Massive protection measures”, insisted the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, at the end of the Council of Ministers on Thursday, hastening to add that the “alert rating on public finances “was reached. A way to rule out any inclination to go further despite the criticisms of the oppositions tempted to overcome, given their new weight in the National Assembly since the legislative elections of June 12 and 19.
Concretely, the additional 20 billion euros to deal with the increase in prices, in particular energy, cover proposals included in two texts: a bill “on emergency measures for protection purchasing power “and a connective budget, which will be examined in Parliament from mid-July. First major project of the second five -year term of Emmanuel Macron, this package will be subject to an assembly where the Head of State has only a relative majority. Now the oppositions, whether all the alliance of the left, the classic right or the extreme right, want to do battle with the executive on this subject which dominated the electoral campaign and partly shaped the new composition of the hemicycle. The first two in particular have presented their counter-proposals in recent days, threatening not to vote the text if these are not there. “We have taken into account certain proposals of the oppositions, nevertheless advances an advisor to the executive. In particular on the revaluations of services.”
In detail, the government’s proposal includes a procession of new measures, and extended existing devices, both to compensate for the effects of inflation and to revalue a number of services. To counter the rise in petrol prices, a “fuel compensation for workers”, from 100 to 300 euros depending on the income and the distance with the workplace, will concern half of the most modest French people, or some 12 millions of households. It will take, from October, the relay of the 18 cents award to the pump, which will be gradually reduced by December. Total cost of two measures by the end of the year: 4.6 billion euros.
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