The restaurateurs received Thursday at the Ministry of the Economy demanded
"the setting of a reference price for electricity and gas, regulated and supervised"
and the simplification of the aid system put in place by the government, perceived as
"a gas plant"
.
“
The definition of what falls within excessive, even prohibitive tariffs”
, should not be
“left to the free discretion of energy suppliers”
, estimates the main union of the hotel and catering industry, Umih, in a press release. .
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The employers' organization, whose president Thierry Marx took part in the meeting with the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire in Bercy, called for
"the fixing of a reference tariff for electricity and gas, regulated and framed , which serves as a calculation for setting up a “responsible energy contract” acceptable
to companies.
Same claim for the union of independents in the sector, the GNI, whose president Didier Chenet congratulates AFP on having
"obtained to participate tomorrow
(Friday, editor's note)
in the meeting organized by Bruno Le Maire with the suppliers of energy”.
"We need the power of the state to reverse the balance of power with suppliers, so that they have a national policy, because the answers are totally different from one region or department to another,"
said he explained.
For its part, the Umih wonders:
“Our companies are seeing their energy bills continue to soar, multiplied by 8 or 10, while the price of energy has returned to its level before the start of the war in Ukraine.”
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Thierry Marx asks the government, if
“the energy suppliers do not comply”
, to
“carry out its threat to tax their profits to finance this 'responsible energy contract'”
, continues the press release.
The Umih wishes that, like bakers, restaurateurs and hoteliers, receive an email referring to
“a simplified simulator”
allowing companies to know if they can benefit from aid.
Perceived as
"a gas plant"
, the current aid system must be simplified, still believes the employers' union.
The government announced on Tuesday that bakers will be able to postpone the payment of taxes and contributions and terminate their electricity contract free of charge in the event of a sudden increase.