It had already been enhanced, and extended. French fishermen, faced with rising prices, will benefit from the extension of aid of 20 cents per liter of fuel within the European framework which authorizes it until June 30, 2024, Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday during the conference. the maritime economy in Nantes.
This aid, which expired on December 31, will apply up to a ceiling of 335,000 euros per company per year.
“Exceptional help”
“These 20 cents will be combined with the aid that we have obtained from several large groups, Total and others, which means that we will have exceptional aid that our fishermen will never have had on fuel,” assured the President of the Republic.
To raise awareness of their situation, the eight largest Breton shipping companies, with around sixty trawlers and 800 sailors, met Monday afternoon in Lorient (Morbihan).