Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire wants "the middle classes" to benefit from the targeted fuel aid that will replace the tariff shield on energy prices next year, and French people who are eligible for it will be notified by SMS, he said Sunday in an interview with LCI.

“It is important to help the middle classes who work, who make the nation go round, to put it simply, and who have no other choice but to take their car to go to work”, pleaded the minister. on the sidelines of the Economic Meetings of Aix-en-Provence.

“Who are we helping, to what level, for what purpose?

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“I will be very careful that these middle classes, who sometimes stick out their tongues because fuel is increasing, that everything is increasing, they can also continue to work: they are the strength of the nation, they keep businesses, factories running. , the administrations”, detailed Bruno Le Maire.

"A woman who is alone with two children, who receives 3,000 euros in income per month, she has an income which is substantial: for me, she must be entitled to this aid", he said by way of example. .

"A couple with two children and each of whom earns 1,800 euros, or 3,600 euros with two children, is already a level of income that is significant but not very high, it is the middle class: for me, this family- there must be entitled to this compensation, ”he continued.

“I don't want to pre-empt the debate, that's the proposal I'm making.

Afterwards, I am obviously open, at the National Assembly, to discussing this subject with parliamentarians,” he added.

“It's a really nice political debate: who are we helping, to what level, for what purpose?

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Gradual end of the general discount of 18 cents

In addition, the Minister of the Economy promised a “simple” device: “On the site of the general management of public finances, you register your car (…) and you receive this allowance”, he declared.

“We are even going to do something completely new: it is the Directorate General of Public Finances, at my request, which will send SMS, send emails to people who are entitled to this allowance”, he said. he announces.

“We are going to take a proactive approach,” he concluded.

On Thursday, the government announced that targeted aid for people who take their car to work would take over in October from the general discount of 18 cents on the price of a liter of fuel, which will gradually decrease and then finally end. in December.

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