Emmanuel Macron has promised a food check in 2022 to the most modest households. Announced on the menu of the purchasing power law the day after the legislative elections, the contours of this aid are still very vague.
Inflation – energy, raw materials – has the effect of pushing up the prices of foodstuffs in France and hurting the rest of households. In supermarkets, we are witnessing spectacular increases that are pulling towards 5%. In view of the increase in agricultural production prices, we must in any case expect an increase in food prices. They could grow by 3.9% by the end of the yearafter a 3.3% increase between December 2021 and April 2022, estimates Stephane Colliac, economist France at BNP Paribas.
To respond to the situation, the government is working on an amending finance bill (PLFR) to deal with soaring prices. He should be present in the crowd of legislative elections which will determine the contours of the future National Assembly. On the menu of this text: tariff shield for electricity and gas, retirement pensions, boost on fuel and food checks.
What is the food voucher?
The food voucher is one of the projects adopted by Emmanuel Macron following the citizens’ climate agreement at the end of 2020. Its introduction was definitively adopted in the climate and resilience law voted in July 2021 in Parliament. He is intended for precarious households in order to buy local, sustainable and even organic products.
How much for this food voucher?
The amount of the food check would be between 30 and 60 euros per family depending on 60million consumers. The frequency of distribution and the products specifically concerned also remain to be defined. Nevertheless, it seems difficult to set up in large distribution.
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Who will benefit?
During the presidential campaign, the Minister of Agriculture Julien Denormandie, close to the Head of State, had imagined his payment as a priority 1million young people aged 18 to 25.
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The idea is to say that today you have nearly eight million of our fellow citizens who have difficulty having access to local productions, to quality productions, our French productions in reality and therefore we have to give them a thumb to help them acquire this, he had declared on France 3 without revealing the award criteria or the precise first use.
Emmanuel Macron simply spoke in March 2022 of a device intended for the lower classes and the middle classes.
When will it be implemented?
According to Julien Denormandie, the food check should be implemented immediately after the re-election of Emmanuel Macron. Thus, the end-2022 target seems reasonable. It remains to define how to distribute it. The Convention for Politics pleaded for the Communal Centers for Social Action (CCAS) to assume this role. An idea then taken up by Bercy.
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