Faced with soaring prices at the pump and state aid deemed insufficient, the association 40 Million motorists is repeating the “Cost of the pump” operation. The process consists of sending your full fuel tickets to the Elysée. Shipping is free!
This is the great concern of French motorists in recent weeks: the rise in fuel prices. On average, a liter of diesel costs €1.65 while that of SP95-E10 costs €1.70. As for the SP98, the liter is exchanged for €1.79. Record increases against which the Government only acts with scoops. Also, to challenge him, the association “40 Million Motorists” has decided to relaunch its “pump cost” operation initiated in 2018.
Send your tickets to the Elysée
The principle is simple. It’s about to send a copy of his fuel bills to the President of the Republic. In an attempt to mobilize as many French people as possible, the association insists on the free nature of the approach since sending mail to the Elysée requires no postage. ” This approach aims to show the power in place the extent of the difficulties encountered every day by the French to use their vehicle and to bring political leaders to take fairer measures.. » details the association on its website.
A measure to reduce taxes
January 25, ” 40 million motorists » presented a tax reform proposal aimed at ” to reduce the share of variable tax (VAT would drop from 20% to 5.5%) while slightly increasing the amount of the fixed tax (the amount of the TICPE would increase by + 7 cts/L, to preserve part of the revenue state tax). Remember that taxes represent 60% of the price per liter at the pump. According to “40 million motorists”, this idea would make it possible to stabilize prices at the pump and achieve a final saving of 13 cents per liter of fuel.
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What state aid?
The government does not want to lower taxes. For the time being, he proposes an allowance of 100 € and a 10% increase in the scale of mileage allowances
Since December 2021, people whose income does not exceed €2,000 net / month can benefit from a “ single inflation allowance of €100. Insufficient aid given the increase in prices at the pump. On January 25, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced that he had asked ” to modify, as of this week, the mileage scale. It will be increased by 10% to better reflect the price increase.“. A decision which will only concern the assets, i.e. around 2 to 2.5 million French people.
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