Jacques Serais, edited by Antoine Terrel 8:02 am, October 22, 2021, modified at 8:02 am, October 22, 2021
Prime Minister Jean Castex announced Thursday the establishment of an "inflation allowance" of 100 euros for 38 million French people.
The government preferred this option to that of lower fuel taxes, considered too costly.
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After 10 days of hesitation, the government finally came to a decision.
While he fears a new social boom caused by the rise in energy and fuel prices, the executive announced Thursday, through the voice of Prime Minister Jean Castex, the establishment of an "inflation compensation" of 100 euros.
This aid will be paid automatically to each French person earning less than 2,000 euros net per month from December.
Six months before the presidential election, the government has therefore chosen this option rather than a reduction in taxes or a fuel check.
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Target those who need this help the most, while looking broad so as not to forget the middle class… This is the equation found by the government.
Hence this threshold set at 2,000 euros net, the median salary in France.
There are as many French people who earn more than 2,000 euros as there are French people who earn less than this sum, recalled Jean Castex.
Bercy was against lower fuel taxes
Bercy was anyway fundamentally against the idea of a reduction in fuel taxes, too costly, and which had the defect of affecting everyone, without distinction.
With this "inflation check", 38 million French people are concerned.
The idea of an inflation check was therefore preferred to that of a fuel check as it could have circulated in recent days.
Because if the primary aim is to help motorists face the increase in prices at the pump, the executive does not want to give the impression of subsidizing the consumption of polluting energy either.
And the environment and ecology occupy an increasingly important place in the concerns of the French.