the government gives pledges before the start of the school year

The summer break is well and truly over. After a month of July marked by the adoption – not without difficulty – of the “purchasing power package” in the National Assembly, and a short vacation, the government is once again hard at work. During the back-to-school council of ministers, Wednesday August 24, Emmanuel Macron had set the scene, evoking “the end of abundance” and “the end of recklessness” which will make it necessary ” some efforts “even ” sacrifices “. In an interview to Parisian Sunday, August 28, Elisabeth Borne has chosen a resolutely pragmatic posture, giving details on the major projects that await the executive in the weeks to come.

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While the summer was marked by scorching temperatures, the Prime Minister was to speak on Monday at the Medef summer school on the subject of the climate. She announced the establishment of a “green fund for communities”. Endowed with 1.5 billion euros, it will have to “helping them in accelerating their ecological transition”, said the host of Matignon. An envelope in fact already included in the menu of the finance bill (PLF) 2023, which must be presented at the end of September. “This fund is already provided for in the budget of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, explains the entourage of M^me Thick headed. In our approach, ecological planning must be deployed via the territories, not from above, in order to go faster by abounding local initiatives. Many ecological transition policies depend on local authorities through land use planning, the renovation of buildings, the renaturation of urban centers to fight against heat islands, etc. » Projects that are both diverse and specific, which are reminiscent of those on which the government had chosen to focus, already, in the post-crisis recovery plan from Covid-19, at the end of 2020.

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On the front of the energy crisis, another burning issue given the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, the head of government promised that the executive would cushion “rises” energy prices after the end of the tariff shield in December, thanks to “specific provisions” for the “more fragile”. The refocusing of aid towards those who need it most is part of the debates that will agitate Parliament, from October, during budgetary discussions. Between compensation to companies and lower taxes, the tariff shield will cost more than 20 billion euros in public finances this year. “We will contain the rise in energy prices”also assured Gabriel Attal, guest on Sunday of the “Grand Jury RTL-Le Figaro-LCI”. But the Minister Delegate for Public Accounts also called for “prepare for stress”.

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