"We want compromise" but "not with billions", underlined the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire Monday in the National Assembly, at the opening of the debates on the bill devoted to purchasing power.

In the absence of an absolute majority for the macronists, “I hope that we can move forward in the most constructive way possible”, “any proposal can be improved and the majority will be open to all constructive proposals.

Simply, we will not enter into a logic of one-upmanship, ”insisted the minister.

Emergency measures

At the heart of this bill of emergency measures for the protection of purchasing power are the early revaluation of 4% of retirement pensions and social benefits, the increase of 3.5% in the salaries of public officials, a means-tested food check of 100 euros, to which will be added 50 euros per child.

There is also the extension of the tariff shield on energy, the abolition of the audiovisual license fee or even the tripling of the “Macron bonus” (exceptional purchasing power bonus, tax-exempt and exempt from social security contributions).

“We want compromise, but compromise cannot be bought with billions, compromise cannot be financed on the backs of the taxpayer, compromise cannot be built at the expense of our public finances, otherwise it would be the way of ease, ”warned the Bercy tenant.

No price lock

Bruno Le Maire has thus set a "framework" for the upcoming negotiations: "nothing that can damage our public finances, nothing that can slow down the climate transition, everything for work".

The government is particularly hostile to the freezing of the price of gasoline at 1.50 euros as proposed by the LRs, or to the reductions in VAT supported by the RN.

Bruno Le Maire thus opposed the “irreversible reduction in taxes on fossil fuels (…) as damaging for public finances as for the climate”, a “red line”.

The government favors the extension of the fuel discount of 18 cents until October 1, then the establishment of a “worker fuel allowance”.

A “race against time”

Minister for Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher underlined the “race against time” to “secure our energy supplies for next winter”, and said she was “preparing for the worst-case scenario”.

She defended the floating LNG terminal project in Le Havre, contested by the left, but which she considers "necessary to replace Russian gas".

With only a relative majority, the macronists suffered a setback in the Assembly on the health bill a little less than a week ago.

They hope this time to avoid such a disappointment.

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