2023-09-25 12:07:43
Maximilien Carlier, edited by Alexandre Dalifard / Photo credit: Marie Magnin / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP
Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday new aid to compensate for the high price of fuel, “limited to workers” and the poorest, of “100 euros per car per year”. If for some motorists, this new gesture from the government is welcome, for others, it is not enough to limit inflation.
Well-received news? Sunday evening, Emmanuel Macron announced on TF1 and France 2 the establishment of a fuel allowance of 100 euros paid in 2024 and limited to workers who need to drive. But does this new gesture from the government please motorists? To find out, Europe 1 went to meet users in Villeneuve-d’Ascq near Lille.
“There’s nothing more we can do”
1.95 euros per liter of diesel is the price displayed at this gas station. On the spot, Marie takes down the gun, grimacing. This makeup artist who earns less than 1,300 euros per month will benefit from the bonus. “Yes, it’s good. We would have hoped for more, that other gestures would be made to help people with small budgets, so most people ultimately (laughing)”, she specifies on the microphone of Europe 1. This will allow more outings according to her.
On the other hand, for Sarah, a self-employed real estate entrepreneur, 100 euros is a drop in the ocean. “It doesn’t make me feel warm or cold. With inflation and the price of food, I won’t even feel it, it’s too low,” she laments. And for those who will not benefit from this bonus, there is this feeling of injustice as Philippe explains. “The more we advance in aid, the more we realize that the middle class is becoming the class that is low in relation to wages. And we continue to pay for everyone. We pay for the butcher who must increase his charges , we pay for the baker, for Mr. Macron who has great weekends at the Palace of Versailles. We find ourselves stuck, we can no longer do anything,” he insists. “We are, in a way, cash cows,” he concludes.
The only advantage here is being on the border with the Belgium where gasoline is cheaper, sometimes 20 cents apart.
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