“I have very clearly asked the Prime Minister for a conference on energy prices. (…) She was very open to the subject”, and this before the presentation of the draft budget at the end of September, said Olivier Marleix , the head of LR deputies; after more than an hour of interview in Matignon.
Towards a probable new increase of 10% in January
“Gasoline at 2 euros (a liter) is obviously unbearable” after “a year of inflation that penalizes purchasing power,” he said, asking “the State not to behave like a war profiteer, since the tax on the fuel goes into your pocket.” “
Energy Regulatory Commission President Emmanuelle Wargon anticipated a possible 10% increase in electricity prices early next year.
The price of electricity already increased by 10% on August 1 without the framework of a gradual exit from the “tariff shield” established to limit increases due to the European energy crisis, in a context of war in Ukraine and low availability of electricity . the French nuclear fleet.
A call to “control inflation”
Previously, the increase had been limited to 15% on February 1, 2023 when, according to calculations by the Energy Regulatory Commission, they should have increased by 99% before that deadline.
Asked about the call of the national secretary of the PCF, Fabien Roussel, to “invade” if it is “necessary” the prefectures to ask the State to “act” against the increase in prices, he indicated that “obviously he would not join the escalation between the left and the extreme left” but that “he had already invaded the Prime Minister’s office” to ask “that the government take care of the issue.”
Food price rise hits two-year high of more than 21%. The same observation applies to electricity, whose price should increase by 10% to 20% in early 2024, after a 10% increase on August 1.
Source: BFM TV
