Fuel prices: what is this new “more generous” aid for those who are “forced to take the – The Independent

Invited to France Inter on Monday, Bruno Le Maire indicated that the government was working on help for those who go to their workplace by car. Last week, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, proposed to extend “until the end of the year” the discount of 18 cents on the price of fuel. But for Bruno Le Maire, more must be done because this aid “is not enough” in particular for certain workers who drive “30 or 40 kilometers a day to get to their company”, estimated the Minister of the Economy on France Inter . Bruno Le Maire has therefore made it known that the government plans to put in place “more generous compensation for those who are forced to take their vehicle to go to work, for those who are employees or work-study”. Fuel: “We are looking at whether we can set up more generous compensation for all those who are forced to take their vehicle to go to work”, declares the minister @BrunoLeMaire. “It would obviously be based on the level of income”#le79inter pic.twitter.com/Li61mqoJJ4— France Inter (@franceinter) July 4, 2022 Under what conditions? This would concern “all those who work, and who are forced to take their car to work” and who “can no longer go to work because of fuel prices”. Even if it has not yet been fixed, this aid will be paid according to the level of income which will be discussed “with parliamentarians”. Read also: Fuel prices: Bruno Le Maire will ask TotalEnergies for “a new effort” Read also: Gasoline prices: diesel stabilizes at the pump, unleaded 95 loses 5 cents in one week A read also: Boost for holidaymakers: Total announces a discount of 12 cents per liter of gasoline in its stations on the motorway this summer Read also: Fuel prices: The discount of 18 cents at the pump could be extended “until ‘at the end of the year”