This is a new (small) boost for the purchasing power of the French.
This morning on
FranceInfo
, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire announced that the cap on gift vouchers, distributed by companies in the run-up to Christmas, would drop from 171 to 250 euros this year.
This aid device is however less than that proposed last year, since the government then doubled this cap to 343 euros.
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Bruno Le Maire also assured that this measure remained "
exceptional
" and that it constituted a "
one-off boost
".
“This concerns nearly 8 million employees,
it is very important, assured Bruno Le Maire.
It is a measure for the purchasing power of the French, in difficult times for many, where some have difficulties at the end of the month due in particular to increases in the price of energy, it is a complementary measure for the end of the year. "
Aid battery
This measure comes in addition to other measures put in place in recent weeks to fight against soaring inflation, to 2.6% over one year in October.
Thus the government had already announced the establishment of an inflation allowance of 100 euros for the French receiving less than 2000 euros per month or the inflation of the energy check for the poorest households.