Bruno Le Maire offers targeted fuel aid for “middle classes”

The Directorate General of Public Finances will send “SMS, emails to people who are entitled to this indemnity,” said the Minister of the Economy on Sunday, promising a “simple” device.

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The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, hopes that “the middle classes” benefit from targeted fuel aid which will replace the price shield on energy prices next year, he Explained, Sunday, July 10, in an interview at lci .

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On the sidelines of the economic meetings of Aix-en-Provence, the minister pleaded:

“It is important to help middle classes that work, that turn the nation, to say things simply, and which have no other choice than to take their car to go to work. Me, I will be very attentive to what these middle classes, which sometimes draw the tongue because the fuel increases, that everything increases, can also continue to work: they make the strength of the nation, they run businesses, factories, administrations. “

For example, Bruno Le Maire said:

“A woman who is alone with two children, who receives 3,000 euros in income per month, she has an income which is substantial: for me, she must be entitled to this aid. A couple who has two children and whose Everyone earns 1,800 euros, or 3,600 euros with two children, it is already a level of income that is significant, but not very high, it is the middle class: for me, this family must be entitled to this compensation. “

a” simple “system

“I do not want to pre-empt the debate, I am the proposal that I make. After, I am open, obviously, in the National Assembly, to debate this subject with the parliamentarians”, -he adds. “It is a real beautiful political debate: who do we help? How much? For what objective?”

In addition, the Minister of the Economy has promised a “simple” device:

“On the site of the Directorate General of Public Finances, you register your car (…) and you touch this compensation. We will even do something completely new: this is the General Directorate of Public Finances, At my request, who will send SMS, send emails to people who are entitled to this compensation. “

“We are going to do a proactive approach,” he concluded.

Thursday, the government had announced that a targeted assistance on people who take their car to go to work would take over in October from the general discount of 18 cents on the price of the liter of fuel, which will gradually decrease, then Stop definitively in December.

/Media reports.