This had to be one of the good news of the end of the year. But after validation by the National Assembly, the cards are in the hands of the Senators. Which do not all see this bonus favorably.
This had to be one of the good news of the end of the year. In front of the price increase and in particular those of fuels, the government promised a inflation bonus of 100 euros to the 38 million French people who receive less than 2,000 euros per month.
A inflation compensation which must be paid between December and next February.
A measure adopted in the National Assembly last week and which is now submitted to the Senate. The Senators to debate it on the evening of November 17.
And this is precisely where it gets tough since the general rapporteur of the finance committee and the Les Républicains group have tabled a deletion amendment, reveal our colleagues from Public Senate.
A not so simple implementation
For Bruno Retailleau, president of the Les Républicains group, “the measure is poorly targeted and could ultimately prove ineffective despite its high cost”, precise Public Senate. Composition of beneficiary households, exposure to gasoline consumption, threshold of the measure: the LR group also deplores a flat-rate aid, without progressivity.
General rapporteur Jean-François Husson is worried about the terms of payments. Compensation paid by the employer to its employees in the private sector, by the State to civil servants, by the Urssaf to the self-employed, by the pension funds to retirees, by the Crous to students … When the State announces a process “simple and efficient”.
“An emblematic measure in favor of purchasing power, the article could however be reinstated by amendment by the presidential majority or the government, in the National Assembly”, specifies Public Senate.