Energy prices: Aid will “not be called into question” if the war ends, according to the government

a helping hand – The Minister for Energy wanted to reassure this Sunday, indicating that the new aid announced for three months would be maintained “whatever happens”

If there was any doubt, it is now dissipated. The aid announced by the French government and spread over three months to deal with the rise in energy prices will not be called into question even if the war in the Middle East ends, the Minister for Energy, Maud Bregon, said this Sunday.

“No questioning whatever happens. This is a commitment that we have made once again to the French, to businesses. This commitment will be kept,” she declared, questioned on France 3 concerning a potential questioning of these measures in the event of an armistice between Iran and the United States.

The effects of the war will “continue for some time”

“Even if the conflict ends tomorrow, the effects of this war, and in particular on the price of energy, specifically on the price of fuel, will continue for some time. This is why, with the Prime Minister, we wanted to deploy aid within three months,” also said the delegate minister, who is also government spokesperson.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and several of his ministers detailed on Thursday the new aid introduced to support economic activity on a new “scale”, in the face of the rise in fuel prices caused by the war in the Middle East. In order to maintain activity, aid granted to the fishing and agricultural sectors is renewed for three months.

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