Targeted help… But for a broad audience. guest of bfm tv Y RMC This Monday, the Minister of Action and Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, insisted on the need to extend the “big wheel” subsidy to the middle class, and not reserve the device only for the most modest populations.
Although Matignon intended to include motorists up to the fifth decile in the salary scale -that is, the 50% that earns less-, the sixth could be included, he learned bfm tv.
A similar scheme had been considered this summer, before direct fuel discounts were decided. But these discounts, already reduced to 10 cents per liter in mid-November, will end in 2022.
€1.6 billion
Apart from the income, which will have to be declared to benefit from the device, it will also be necessary to justify a professional activity, recalled Gabriel Attal. The possession of a gray card, logically, must also be mentioned.
The criteria to define a “big” roller remain pending, while the government refines its plans. According to measurements studied last summer, people travel more than 30 km to get to work, or more than 12,000 km a year. According to INSEE figures, two thirds of workers travel more than 5 km and half more than 9 km on this daily journey.
Despite the uncertainties about its scope, the Government has approved a budget for the measure: it should cost between 1,500 and 1,600 million euros in public finances.
Source: BFM TV
