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Too well off to be helped, these French people who struggle every day to “live well”

2024-02-19T17:13:00.636Z

Highlights: Too well off to be helped, these French people who struggle every day to “live well”. These middle-class French people escape the various social benefits to which more precarious populations are entitled. A “France of the blind spot”, according to the expression of the Head of State, “which carries the country” by tightening its belt. The recent increases in the minimum wage, which was… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 90% left to discover. Flash sale -70% on digital subscription I ENJOY IT Already subscribed? Log in.


INVESTIGATION - “The beating heart of the country” for Gabriel Attal, the middle classes suffer from inflation without benefiting from subsidies. Some deprive themselves of any “extras”, others have difficulty getting by.


It's a shock formula, but also a catch-all concept.

When, during his press conference on January 16, Emmanuel Macron announced that he wanted to improve the daily lives of

“those who already earn too much to be helped and not enough to live well”

, a large segment of the French population was able to recognized in this definition.

While inflation has soared since the start of the war in Ukraine, with a continued rise in the price of raw materials and basic necessities, more and more people are having difficulty making ends meet. months despite stable jobs.

These middle-class French people - an economic concept which covers very distinct situations

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 - escape the various social benefits to which more precarious populations are entitled.

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“France of the blind spot”

, according to the expression of the Head of State,

“which carries the country”

by tightening its belt

.

A daily life where pleasures become rare

The recent increases in the minimum wage, which was…

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