This aid should then give way to a “more targeted” device, in particular concerning “big wheels from this fall”, said Emmanuel Macron in an interview with the regional press this Friday.
In force since 1er April and supposed to end on July 31, the discount of 15 to 18 centimes per liter on fuel granted in all service stations will indeed be maintained in August. This was confirmed by Emmanuel Macron in an interview with the regional press on Friday. This gesture for the portfolio of the French was put in place in the midst of soaring prices at the pump.
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Asked about the maintenance of this rebate in August, the Head of State replied in the affirmative: “Yes. There must be visibility for our compatriots. I give it to you.“But this aid should then give way to a device”more targeted“, concerning in particular “the big rollers from this fall“.
Asked also about the establishment of a food check for the most fragile, Emmanuel Macron estimated that “the idea is that it be paid in one go“, while recalling that”then, it will be necessary to move towards more targeted devices.»
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To respond to the problems of purchasing power of the French, when inflation reached 5.2% in May, the President of the Republic says he wants to act “at the rootvia two actions. “The first is to continue our investment so that more people have a job and that work pays better. From this summer, the France Travail reform (ex-Pôle emploi, editor’s note), to bring as many unemployed people as possible back to work will be initiated. The second answer is to accelerate the exit from our dependencies on gas and oil.»