Question 14223 — building and public works

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Ms. Lisette Pollet draws the attention of the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty to the particularly worrying situation of small businesses in the public works and landscaping sectors, faced with soaring fuel prices. The urgency of the situation requires alerting the Government of the immediate and potentially irreversible consequences of this increase, even though no suitable compensation measure has been put in place to date. Many small businesses will therefore be forced, in the coming days or weeks, to cease their activity. For example, for a public works company, the additional cost linked to the increase in fuel is estimated at around 80 euros per day per employee. For a structure of five employees, this represents nearly 8,800 euros additional per month, i.e. a level well above the margins usually achieved. This situation is all the more critical as these companies mainly operate within the framework of fixed and non-revisable price markets, which prevents them from passing on any increase to their customers. They thus find themselves caught between the increase in their costs and the impossibility of adapting their prices. The professionals warn of the risk of a massive failure of these companies, with serious consequences for local employment, regional planning and the continuity of public and private projects. In this context, while new aid measures are announced, it calls for the rapid implementation of targeted measures, the budgetary impact of which for the State would remain limited since they would only concern companies of less than of 50 public works and landscaping employees. Faced with the urgency of the situation and the risk of an unprecedented crisis for these sectors essential to the economy, she asks what concrete, immediate and proportionate measures the Government intends to implement in order to support small public works and landscaping companies and thus prevent massive cessations of activity.

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1. 14 April 2026

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