A few hours after the adoption at first reading of the draft amending budget, the Minister of Finance Bruno Le Maire welcomed on Wednesday that the debates in the Assembly had made it possible to "stay within the budget envelope" initially planned by the government. .

“We had a package of 20 billion euros” of support measures in the face of high inflation, recalled on France Inter the number 2 of the government, which only has a relative majority in the Palais-Bourbon.

“We have exceeded the envelope of 350 million euros,” he estimated.

An additional cost slightly undervalued by the minister, and which is attributable to the aid granted to households heating with fuel oil (230 million euros) and to communities (150 million euros), detailed Bercy.

“We held our political line”

In total, the envelope granted to communities even reaches 300 million euros, between aid to municipalities in difficulty and compensation for the departments of the revaluation of the RSA, but the government ensures that it had already planned to integrate the half of this increase in the text discussed in the Assembly.

Consequently, “we have remained within the budget envelope”, concluded Bruno Le Maire.

"We have held to our political line", welcomed the minister.

“I had indicated that it was necessary to value the work, we did it;

that taxes should not be increased but lowered;

we did it ;

and that we had to get out of this text without having let go of public spending, ”listed the boss of Bercy.

Upgrading in sight

The second part of the battery of measures planned by the government to support households and businesses, the draft amending budget was voted overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday by the National Assembly.

Adopted by 293 deputies (146 votes against), the text which opens 44 billion euros in credits must now be examined by the Senate.

On Wednesday on France Inter, Bruno Le Maire also assured that there would be a "further revaluation" of retirement pensions in January 2023, "because inflation will increase by then".

Retirement pensions were automatically increased by 1.1% in January, and the Assembly voted last week for an additional 4% increase, retroactive to July 1.

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