Orange with Media Services, published on Monday, July 18, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
While the bill on purchasing power is presented this Monday, July 18 to the Assembly, the executive reaffirms its fierce opposition to the reduction in fuel taxes to lower the price of fuel to 1.50 euros per liter wanted by Les Républicains.
Promised to the French in the summer, the bill on purchasing power arrives Monday, July 18 in the hemicycle of the Assembly. Revalued social minima, food check, fuel discount…
The text provides for a battery of measures to support households hit by inflation. The final adoption, following a shuttle with the Senate, is scheduled for August 7, if the government’s plan goes as planned. But nothing is less certain, because in the absence of an absolute majority, the game promises to be difficult for the presidential camp.
guest on RTL Monday morning, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire assured not to close “the door to compromise proposals that might be done by other political forces in the National Assembly as long as we stay within the indicated budgetary framework.”
This is why the Bercy tenant remains fiercely opposed to the Republicans’ proposal to lower fuel taxes to lower fuel prices to 1.50 euros per litre. “It’s part of the red lines, because it explodes public spending”. “We must have a 5% deficit in 2022, we have a package of 22 billion euros, which is added to 26 billion already spent. The public finance framework is not negotiable”, insisted the minister.
“It is not sustainable for public finances”, also estimated on BFMTV/RMC the leader of the Renaissance deputies (ex-LREM) Aurore Bergé.
Both do not, however, close the door to an extension of the discount of 18 cents, which is officially due to phase out from October 1. “Should it be extended, increased… We will see what the proposals are”, indicated Bruno Le Maire.
“I am not here in a logic of haggling, I want to establish a compromise during the parliamentary debate and if this concerns a transitional measure which lasts a little longer to make life easier for the French, then I think that we will have to accept it,” added Aurore Bergé.