Charles Guyard (in Nantes), edited by Laura Laplaud 10:39 a.m., May 14, 2022
Pasta, flour, meat, and also petrol, electricity, gas... For several weeks, shopping and paying bills has become more and more complicated, including for middle-class families, as is the case in this center of Pont-Saint-Martin, south of Nantes.
Inflation affects the country and therefore the French.
The price of food products increases just like that of gasoline, electricity or gas.
Living comfortably is therefore increasingly difficult for many French people, such as for this family located in Pont-Saint-Martin, south of Nantes.
“It is rare not to reach 200 euros per week”
It is an exposed stone house in a small village.
On the surface, Clémence and her family do not seem to lack for anything, but when you open the refrigerator, their situation seems very different.
"You can see, there is not much," she breathes.
However, it is May 14, halfway through the month.
"Everything increases so we deprive ourselves. Before with 200 euros, we could go maybe up to 15 days, today it is rare not to reach 200 euros per week", she says.
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Not to mention the various energy bills to be paid, bills that are soaring in this middle-class home.
With two children aged six and one, sometimes radical choices have to be made, especially when the price of diesel flirts with two euros per litre.
"We don't know yet if we're going on vacation this summer," says Clémence.
There will be less leisure, perhaps no holidays in the coming months, but Clémence may benefit from a boost in July thanks to the food check.
"It's something that can help us," she says.
When you count to the nearest euro, access to property is now unthinkable.
The exposed stone house that houses this family is a rental.