Inflation check, increase in APL ... The first tracks of the "purchasing power" law

Carole Ferry, edited by Solène Leroux 11:35 a.m., June 27, 2022

Paying bills, shopping, going on vacation... More and more French people are counting their money and prioritizing their spending.

Purchasing power is one of the main concerns of the population.

The government is well aware of this and is working on a bill which will be presented next week in the Council of Ministers, a project to which the newspaper

had access.

In the first avenues put forward in this text, we count first of all on social minima.

They will be revalued as planned on July 1 by 4% according to

, while inflation could reach 6.8% in September, according to INSEE.

This concerns retirement pensions, but also family allowances, RSA, Pôle emploi allowances or even the activity bonus.

A measure that should cost more than 7 billion euros.

The index point will also be upgraded for civil servants.

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No food check

Regarding the Smic, the government wants to give itself more powers to force the branches to revalue the salary grids which remain below the legal minimum.

On the other hand, no more food check mentioned at this stage.

The installation would be too complex.

Instead, an inflation check of 100 or 150 euros could be paid to the most modest.

A check which should not be supported by LR and the National Rally in the Assembly, which sees it as a measure of assistance.

3.5% increase in APL

Inflation also affects rents.

Here too, the government wants to act quickly, with a device called the "housing shield".

There will be no rent freeze, but the increase will be well capped at 3.5% for one year.

The government says it wants to protect the most modest owners.

For the most fragile tenants, the APL should increase by 3.5% on July 1.

But some associations already believe this amount is insufficient.

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Call for rationing

Purchasing power is also energy.

The current arrangements will be extended.

The government had already announced the maintenance of the tariff shield on gas and electricity until the end of the year.

The discount of 15 to 18 cents on each liter of fuel will also be extended until the end of August.

At the start of the school year, a specific aid measure will take over for heavy riders.

The novelty is the call for rationing launched this weekend by the three big bosses of energy: Engie, EDF and TotalEnergies.

"The best energy remains that which we do not consume", they explained in a forum at the

, advocating a "necessary sobriety of exception" to avoid massive power cuts,

, next winter.