Traders, craftsmen, farmers ... all the independents will benefit from a further reduction in their load, announced this morning the Minister in charge of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal at the microphone of RTL.
“
A campaign promise
,” he recalled.
The decree signed yesterday will benefit 1.6 million people, according to government calculations.
The earnings will vary according to the profiles but they will revolve around "
550 euros per year when you are at the minimum wage
", said the minister.
The measure should come into force at the end of the year for farmers and at the beginning of next year for other beneficiaries.
The decree must be published in the coming days in the Official Journal.
"
We allow our economy to hold up, we allow our businesses to continue to hire
, ”added the Minister.
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This is a new effort for public accounts, after the tariff shield for individuals, the shock absorber for SMEs and VSEs, aid for large companies... This time the cost is estimated at "more than
500 million euros per year
", according to Gabriel Attal,
"a large budget",
he acknowledged, while ensuring that there would be "no tax increase".
Multiplication of aid
This reduction in charges is in addition to other measures already announced by the government to help companies deal with the increase in their energy bill.
However, he refused to see the return of “
whatever the cost
”.
On the contrary, the multiplication of targeted aid shows that the era of general measures is over, he defended.
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- of the shield»
Independents aren't going to be the only ones to start December with good news.
About 12 million French households will receive an exceptional “
energy check
” in December , in addition to the one already sent a few months ago.
It can be used to pay energy bills, whether electricity, gas or fuel oil, for example.
It will complement the traditional energy check, which was sent last spring and was sent to 5.8 million households in 2022.
