Question 14065 — energy and fuels

Summary

Ms. Alix Fruchon alerts the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty to the continued rise in fuel prices. This situation particularly weighs on the poorest workers, those known as the “working poor”, who often have no other choice than to use their vehicle to get to their jobs, due to a lack of transport alternatives. It must be remembered that according to INSEE in 2023, the poverty threshold corresponds to a disposable income of 1,288 euros per month for a person living alone and 2,705 euros for a couple with two children aged under 14. In many areas, particularly rural and peri-urban areas, the car is not a comfort but a necessity. The increase in fuel prices acts as an additional, unjust and profoundly unequal “tax”, striking first those who already have the least financial margin. This increase forces too many French people to choose between traveling to work, heating themselves or eating properly. It thus accentuates the precariousness and the feeling of abandonment of part of the population. Many companies have been warning for days about the financial impossibility for some employees to eat during the middle break. Faced with this situation, several voices are calling for a lasting reduction in taxation on fuels, in order to restore purchasing power to French people and to support economic activity. Thus, she asks what concrete measures the Government intends to take to sustainably lower the price of gasoline and protect the poorest workers from its social consequences. She wants to know if he intends to act directly on prices and put in place targeted measures to support certain populations and certain professions, which are extremely impacted.

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