Extension of the tariff shield: “In 2023, if we did nothing, the electricity bill would increase by – L’Indépendant

“We will maintain a shield system in 2023”, assured Saturday September 3 on France Inter the Minister Delegate for the Budget, Gabriel Attal. After another week marked by great confusion over Europe’s energy supply, against a backdrop of war in Ukraine, announcements follow one another in the face of the looming energy crisis. This Saturday morning, the Minister Delegate for the Budget, Gabriel Attal spoke on France Inter: “We will continue to protect the French and their purchasing power”, explained the minister. “The measures we have taken this year have limited inflation. If the government had not taken these measures, we would have three points more inflation.” “I plan for 2023 budgetary appropriations which will make it possible to support the most modest”, he declared in particular. Read also: Energy: the gas tariff shield extended until the end of the year The “tariff shield” measures taken by the government to contain the bills of households and businesses in France have made it possible to halve the effect of soaring energy prices on inflation, according to an INSEE study published Thursday, remind our colleagues from France Inter.