The government is working on aid of up to 200 euros for around half of French people who heat themselves with fuel oil. It would be paid from November, said Thursday the Minister of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal.
This aid, “of 100 and 200 euros”, which would concern 1.4 million French people, or “half of the households who heat themselves with fuel oil”, will come from the envelope of 230 million euros voted by the Parliament this summer. in favor of homes heating with oil, he said on franceinfo. It can be combined with the energy check announced on Wednesday, he added. “For the most modest households, that’s up to 400 euros in exceptional aid this winter to fill their tank,” he explained.
More generally, on the tariff shield, the minister assured that “as long as the situation is what it is, we will continue to protect the French”.
“Supporting the French over the next year”
“What we have planned, in terms of budget, is to be able to support the French over the next year. Now, what I can’t tell you is what the situation will be in mid-2023 and what the prices will be globally,” he said, when asked about the duration of the tariff shield.
“We have always said that we will continue to support the French as long as we are in this unprecedented situation, with world price increases on electricity and gas prices which are totally unreasonable”, declared Gabriel Attal. .
The Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne, added Wednesday during a press conference that it was also necessary “to support households who heat themselves with wood”, without specifying the exact modalities.