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The farmers are angry. To avoid the embrace of this discontent which is growing in France but also in many European countries, Gabriel Attal will receive at 6 p.m. in Matignon the powerful FNSEA as well as the Young Farmers. The two unions are waiting for “concrete actions” after the postponement of “a few weeks” of a bill which must be fleshed out. On the ground, several actions are underway, including a blocking of the A64 motorway near Carbonne in Haute-Garonne, caused by financial burdens and environmental standards deemed too heavy. The gradual increase in taxation on non-road diesel (GNR) also amplifies the fed up.
The road to the Republican nomination is looking more and more like a clear highway for Donald Trump. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, once seen as the main rival of the former White House tenant, announced on Sunday that he was throwing in the towel and rallying behind the billionaire with a view to the November presidential election. This withdrawal from the race makes former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley the last obstacle to the nomination of Donald Trump, ultra-favorite, as his party’s candidate.
The gradual end of the “tariff shield” will be felt very strongly in wallets, even before the end of winter. This Sunday, the Minister of the Economy announced that the price of electricity will increase on February 1st. “The electricity bill on peak/off-peak rates will increase by 9.8% on February 1 and on base rates by 8.6%. That is to say that for 97% of French households the increase will be below 10%,” declared Bruno Le Maire on the set of the 8 p.m. news on TF1. This concerns nearly 20 million households subscribing to electricity, including 10.6 million at the base rate, that is to say EDF’s “blue” rate, fixed without off-peak hours. For around 400,000 individual subscribers who have subscribed to a so-called “peak day reduction” option, the price will increase by 10.1%.