The head of government also wanted the bakers, who must be received at Bercy in the morning, to also “spread out” their energy bills for the first months of the year.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced on Tuesday that bakers, hit hard by the increase in energy prices, will be able to “request the deferral of the payment of their taxes and social security contributionsto relieve their cash flow.
The head of government also wished on France Info that the bakers, who must be received at Bercy in the morning, could also “spread out» their energy bills for the first few months of the year.
Beyond that, she assured that the prefectures would be mobilized to study the difficulties that would remain “case by case“. “Overall, with these various aids, we cover around 40% of the electricity bill“, assured Élisabeth Borne, who also regretted that most of the aid in place was “not sufficiently known” companies.
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Bakery representatives received at Bercy
The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire and the Minister Delegate for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Olivia Grégoire must, in fact, bring together, this Tuesday morning, the representatives of the bakery sector “to discuss the consequences of the energy crisis“.
At the beginning of December, the government did not effectively exclude further support for craftsmen, such as bakers, to cope with a surge in their electricity bill if the current aid mechanisms proved insufficient. Certain professions such as bakers and butchers have effectively sounded the alarm bells in the face of the explosion in energy prices, believing that they are not sufficiently supported by the public authorities despite the implementation by the executive of support such as the help desk for paying electricity bills and then theshock absorber» in place since January 1st.
“The government has understood the problem, that we have large energy consumption. But today with bills multiplied by 12, aid will not be sufficient“, Claimed this Tuesday on France Info Dominique Anract, president of the national confederation of the bakery of French pastry (Cnbpf).
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President Emmanuel Macron will also receive bakers on Thursday, during the traditional galette des rois ceremony at the Élysée.
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