The aid decided in 2022 for all motorists was replaced, on January 1, by a targeted device concerning 10 million modest households.
MO12345lemonde with AFP
We will have to undress relatively low prices of fuel. The cost of gasoline increased sharply in France last week, according to figures published Monday January 9 by the government, after the end of the general discount replaced by a “fuel allowance” for the most modest assets using their vehicle to professional ends.
In French service stations, diesel sold at an average price of 1,8994 euros per liter, or 13.29 cents more than the previous week, according to figures from the Ministry of Energy Transition stopped on Friday and published Monday. Essence without a-lodge 95 increased for its part by 17.28 cents, displayed at the pump at 1.8516 euro per liter on average, and the Sans-Plomb 95-E10 was up 19.23 cents, sold at an average national price of 1.8346 euro per liter. 2>
eight billion euros in 2022
The State had extended its discount of 30 cents per liter to the pump until mid-November 2022, before it fell to 10 cents until the end of the year. In 2022, the general rebate cost the state 8 billion euros, the equivalent of the budget of the Ministry of Justice.
The 1 er January, this assistance for everyone was replaced by compensation of 100 euros reserved for 10 million households with a reference tax income below 14,700 euros in 2021. The help is paid at once, for 2023, for those who use their vehicle to go to work. A modest couple working and has two vehicles can benefit from two aids, or 200 euros. The aid applies to any type of vehicle, including two-wheelers, and the request must be made on the tax site.gouv.fr between January 16 and February 28. It represents an envelope of around 1 billion euros, said the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne.
Despite government aid, French households lost an average of 720 euros between January 2021 and June 2022 due to the increase in energy prices (fuels, domestic fuel oil, gas and electricity), according to a study of the ‘INSEE dated December. All households have been affected, but more those who live in a city of less than 20,000 inhabitants, because they consume more fuel, according to INSEE. The poorest 30 % lost an average of 300 euros.