Elisabeth Borne opened the door on Thursday to a doubling of the transport premium, the tax-free aid that companies can pay to employees to cover their fuel costs.

The aid ceiling would thus be raised to 400 euros.

The idea is to protect the purchasing power of the French from the start of the school year "and that companies then take over", declared the Prime Minister to journalists from the EBRA group.

“They could pay tax-free aid of up to 400 euros to their employees, the equivalent of a discount of nearly 50 cents at the pump for an employee who travels 12,000 km per year.

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The extended and increased discount at the pump?

This boost was present in the preliminary versions of the bill for purchasing power but then disappeared from the texts.

The return of this provision comes as the executive and Les Républicains are trying to reach an agreement in the face of high fuel prices.

On Wednesday, the boss of LR deputies, Olivier Marleix, called for the ceiling of this transport bonus to be raised to 400 euros during an interview on

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In addition, the executive, who wanted to gradually eliminate the current rebate of 18 cents on a liter of fuel, would ultimately be willing to extend this discount by increasing it.

A need for a majority among the deputies

"Oil prices are falling, which allows us to be less worried," said Elisabeth Borne on Thursday, pleading for the maintenance of "affordable prices at the start of the school year in September".

Still looking for a majority in the Assembly, the head of government said she wanted to move forward "with all those who are ready to find a way with us".

What would be his reaction if the majority was due to the votes of the National Rally?

These deputies "were elected like their other colleagues", replied the Prime Minister.

“I am not going to start counting votes in a different way from the rules that apply to the National Assembly.

But the majorities that we are going to seek […] are in the Republican arc.

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