Elisabeth Borne promised on Saturday that the executive would “not let energy prices explode”, and would cushion “the increases” as prices exploded on the wholesale markets, in an interview with Parisian. “We will keep mechanisms to cushion energy price increases. And we will take specific measures to support the most vulnerable, ”assured the Prime Minister.
She also announced the release of a “green fund” endowed with 1.5 billion euros intended for local authorities to help them fight against climate change.
“We are going to set up a green fund endowed with 1.5 billion euros for communities to help them in accelerating their ecological transition,” said the Prime Minister. Borne suggests using this fund for “the rehabilitation of wasteland to limit urban sprawl”, to renovate “energy-efficient public buildings such as certain schools”, to bring “nature back into cities” or even install ” relay car parks” at their entrance.
The taxation of “super profits”
Elisabeth Borne also affirmed that she was not “closing the door” to a taxation of the “super profits” of companies, while preferring that the company which can “lower prices for the consumer and give purchasing power to its employees “.
“Nobody would understand that companies are making exceptional profits even though the French may be worried about their purchasing power,” added Borne, who is to speak to the Medef on Monday, when prices are soaring all over the world. mainly because of the war in Ukraine.