The National Assembly is completing a first cycle of intense debate around the issue of purchasing power.
In a context of inflation, the deputies voted last week the bill on the purchasing power.
They must now complete the examination of the amending finance bill (PLFR), the second stage of the rocket mounted by the government to preserve the purchasing power of the French.
Le Figaro
takes stock of the main elements of the text.
Desired by Emmanuel Macron during the presidential campaign, the abolition of the audiovisual license fee was voted by the deputies this weekend with 170 votes for and 57 against.
It will normally be replaced in the years to come by a deflection of part of the VAT.
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Other measures supported by the right have also been validated.
Elected officials thus approved on Friday an increase in the tax exemption ceiling for overtime for 2022, which thus goes from 5,000 to 7,500 euros.
They also gave the green light to the possibility for companies to buy back from employees the days of RTT which they would have given up, a measure defended by Valérie Pécresse during the presidential campaign.
The executive has recorded several setbacks, such as on the issue of funding for local authorities.
At the end of the evening, Saturday, the deputies of the majority were outvoted by the oppositions, who managed to vote for 2022 the allocation of 120 million to the departments which pay the RSA, in order to fully compensate for the increase of 4 % of this benefit programmed by the State.
An expense decided by those “
who only have the word restoration of public finances in their mouths
”, choked the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire.
Another setback was recorded by the government on aid granted to French people heating with fuel oil.
The deputies voted for an amendment carried by LR Jérôme Nury, reinforcing these in the form
of "a tariff shield or a compensation system
".
Total cost: 230 million euros, while the executive expected an amount of only 50 million euros.
This modification, which should benefit "
three million households
", according to the LR deputy, was voted by 164 votes against 153, thanks to the alliance of the Nupes and RN oppositions.
For his part, the boss of Bercy said he was "
stunned to see parliamentarians who only have the word restoration of public finances in their mouths incur such public expenditure
".
Fuel compromise
The issue of fuel prices has sparked debate.
Putting employers to work, the Assembly voted to double the tax-free aid that companies can pay to employees to cover their fuel costs, raising the ceiling from 200 to 400 euros.
At the same time, elected officials also supported a modification favorable to the increase in meal vouchers, anticipating the revaluation of exemptions for employers.
Monday evening, more than 300 amendments still remained to be considered.
The debates should thus continue in the night, even Tuesday, around, in particular, the question of the takeover of EDF.
However, they should not dwell on state support in the face of rising fuel prices.
Indeed, a compromise was found between the majority and LR on this subject: while the executive wanted to replace the rebate of 18 cents currently applied to each liter of fuel with a more targeted compensation, he agreed to backpedal and reinforce discount per litre.
This should therefore be extended over time and increased to 30 cents per litre.
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All of these measures complement those that have already been included in the “emergency” bill for purchasing power.
Among them, the revaluation of pensions and social benefits, the increase in the ceiling of the "
Macron bonus
" and again, in a rare moment of harmony, the deconjugalization of the disabled adult allowance.