End of monarchy obliges, Emmanuel Macron will not celebrate the kings. Thursday, January 5, the Head of State will celebrate more soberly, as tradition dictates, the Epiphany around a “republican cake”, gigantic, and without bean. The opportunity to bring together, at the Elysée, the president of the National Confederation of French Bakery-Pastry, Dominique Anract, and other representatives of the profession. To listen to them and, perhaps, to appease them. Because at the start of 2023, the presidential frangipane will have a particular flavor: that of the crisis. One of the many difficulties that the government is preparing to face.
Strangled by rising electricity prices, thousands of small artisans are threatening to close down. To save the manufacturers of the French baguette, listed as Intangible Heritage of Humanity by Unesco in November 2022, the government is struggling and intends to make it known. “We will be alongside every bakery in France”assured, Tuesday, January 3, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, after a meeting in Bercy with representatives of the sector.
Referring to aid which already allows a discount of 15% and up to 40% of the increases recorded on the electricity bill, the tenant of Bercy calls the electricity suppliers, summoned the same day to the ministry, “to do more, better, and immediately”, to help the profession. In particular, bakers will be able to terminate their electricity supply contract free of charge in the event of a price increase. « prohibitive », assured Bruno Le Maire.
This outstretched hand to one of the most emblematic professions in the country is in addition to the announcement made on Tuesday by the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, on Franceinfo, to authorize the postponement of the payment of taxes and social contributions for the all SMEs. A way to put out one of the first outbreaks of fire threatening the country?
“A series of sparks emerging”
Even before the announcement of the unpopular pension reform, scheduled for January 10, the outbreaks of anger are multiplying. To the strike of train controllers during the end of year celebrations, based on wage demands, was added that, rare, of liberal doctors.
In the weeks to come, the hospital, overwhelmed, will swell the list of dissatisfied people. A meeting of the Inter-hospital Collective (CIH), to which the various trade unions are invited, is scheduled for Wednesday to decide whether or not to go on strike by hospital staff.
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