With less than six months of the presidential election, the various political teams are polishing their weapons.
And their arguments.
After several days of procrastination at the highest summit of the State, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced the establishment of a "middle class allowance" of 100 euros for 38 million French people living under 2000 euros net per month.
Monthly aid distributed automatically between December and February 2022.
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Faced with this device, the oppositions were quick to react.
Starting with the leader of the deputies LR Damien Abad on Twitter: “To
buy social peace with gift vouchers is good.
Tackling the causes of rising prices for fuel, gas, electricity and food is better.
To govern is not to write checks on credit, it is to provide lasting solutions
”.
Among the applicants to the LR Congress, only the elected representative of the Alpes Maritimes Éric Ciotti has - for the moment - denounced a "
policy of the wide open checkbook (...). Will not solve anything".
On the side of the party to the flame, it is the candidate Marine Le Pen, who issued a press release.
“
The energy check is not an appropriate response, because it assumes that only the most modest households would be affected by this crisis,
laughs the former president of the RN.
In reality, the government's energy check consists in making the middle classes pay for the assistance provided to the most modest
”
.
The member for Pas-de-Calais reiterates her proposal to lower VAT from 20 to 5.5% on energy.
His successor at the head of the party, Jordan Bardella, for his part described the speech of the head of government as "
gibberish
".
"
The big winners are the suppliers
"
In the ranks of France Insoumise, one criticizes an ineffective decision.
“Jean Castex's“ inflation allowance ”premium is neither fair (at 2010 euros net we have nothing?) Nor especially effective in limiting the increase in the price at the pump,
” said the deputy for Seine-Saint -Denis Éric Coquerel.
"The big winners are the suppliers who will continue to put their pockets full
," adds MEP Manuel Bompard, who calls on BFMTV to
"freeze prices"
so as not to wait until December. As for the Socialist Party, it is
"thanks to Anne Hidalgo (that) the government is finally addressing the issue of inflation which has been a burden on the French budget since the beginning of the year."
Funny thing, the former President of the Republic François Hollande took his camp against the grain by specifying on LCI that the measure has "
the merit of simplicity, efficiency, and clarity
".
Finally, the presidential majority - which could fear, like the executive, that the rise in fuel prices is the starting point of a new social movement like the "
yellow vests
" - applauds the device.
"A quick and effective measure to preserve the purchasing power of the French,"
said the boss of Marchers deputies Christophe Castaner.
