France: the emergency bill on purchasing power before parliamentarians
The emergency bill for the protection of purchasing power was presented Thursday, July 7 afternoon in the Council of Ministers.
Led by Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, it will immediately be submitted to parliamentarians.
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The government presented Thursday, July 7 in the Council of Ministers its emergency bill for purchasing power... A text which will be examined in the process in Parliament and will act as a "
crash test
" of the new method advocated by Elisabeth Borne in her general policy statement: building compromises with the opposition.
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With the bill on purchasing power, the government will have to move from words to deeds and demonstrate that it is able to find compromises with the opposition, analyzes
Valérie Gas
, of the political service … For the door - government spokesperson, Olivier Véran, the time has come to get down to business: “
Today, the second five-year term really begins.
The French are waiting for results and changes.
»
This is the objective targeted with this new package of measures intended to help the French to bear the consequences of the increase in inflation, in particular with a fuel-worker allowance to target aid on those who go to work by car, an extended "energy shield" to which is added a "rent shield", the revaluation of social and family benefits, the index point for civil servants, pensions, etc.
We are going to refocus the device... all those who work will be able to declare themselves from October 1 and request this allowance which will concern half of the workers who use their vehicle, i.e. approximately 12 million households.
Detailed clarification from Bruno the Mayor on the fuel-worker allowance
Valerie Gas
"
What we are proposing are concrete, tangible measures, it's more at the end of each month when every euro counts",
concludes Olivier Véran.
Measures that are expensive: 20 billion euros but which, according to Bruno Le Maire, do not jeopardize public finances, a red line from the government.
"
Not everything is possible financially...
", asserts the Minister of the Economy.
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A way of putting a limit on the negotiation with the opposition which, the government hopes, will not be able to play the blocking card on this text... "They are going to be keen to beat us on two or three things but they can't make it last too long” wants to believe a government adviser.
A bet and a strategy, that of taking the French to witness.
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