7:40 p.m .: What could Jean Castex announce tonight?
Earlier this week, the executive said it was considering a “fuel check”, a bit like the “energy check” already put in place to help modest French people to cope with the rise in gas and electricity prices.
But the government could also follow one of the proposals put forward by the presidential candidates who have positioned themselves on the subject in recent days. Marine Le Pen (RN), Anne Hidalgo (PS) or Arnaud Montebourg (ex-PS) thus defended a reduction in VAT, while the ecologist Yannick Jadot and the Communist Fabien Roussel pleaded for a “floating” tax system, which adapts according to crude oil prices.