After bitter, rambling discussions between the majority and the opposition, sometimes until very late at night, the law on emergency measures on purchasing power and the amending finance bill (second legislative part of this “package” intended to give a little financial breath to the French) were finally adopted this week. ” The agreement reached between the parliamentarians is a triple victory: victory for the French, who will be able to cope better with the increase in prices, for the policy of compromise, for public finances, which have been kept “, welcomed, Thursday, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, who absolutely wanted to put an end to these texts before the parliamentary holidays, later than usual (from August 6 to October 3).
Nothing very new, however, compared to the measures already adopted at first reading, despite inflation over one year, in July, at 6.1%! Here, pell-mell, the main provisions finally voted:
– The deletion of the audiovisual license fee138 euros per year in mainland France;
– The tax exemption of the overtime for 2022 up to 7,500 euros;
– The possibility for the company to redeem the days of RTT not taken from its employees, until the end of 2025 (two years longer than the initial project). This measure was particularly controversial, the opposition accusing the government of unraveling the 35 hours. ” It is an option, not an obligation! We do not change the 35 hours in any way! defended the minister in the hemicycle;
– The prime tax-exempt Macronpaid by the employer, tripled and increased to 6,000 euros;
– The revaluation 4% of social Security benefits and retirement pensions, and 3.5% of the index point for civil servants. In total, pensions will increase by 5.1% over the year, after an initial increase of 1.1% in January;
– The deconjugation of the disabled adult allowance (AAH);
– The fuel discount 30 cents per liter in September and October, then 10 cents for the last two months of the year;
– The capping of the rise in rents 3.5% of residential leases, from July 2022 to June 2023 inclusive (2.5% overseas);
– A assistance exceptional back to school 100 euros for beneficiaries of social minima and the activity bonus, i.e. 8 million French people;
– The termination in three clicks of the contracts taken out online by the consumer, including insurance.