According to the Ecological Transition Agency (Ademe), wood is the main source of heating for more than three million French people, with more and more pellet boilers.
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The National Assembly adopted Tuesday, November 8 aid of 230 million euros in favor of households heating with wood, during the examination at first reading of the draft amending budget for 2022. This aid, modeled on the fuel check launched on Tuesday for households heating with this energy, plans to help more and more households use logs or pellets for their heating, these cylindrical sticks whose prices are exploding.
The socialist amendment in favor of this aid, adopted with 218 votes for and only one against, received the support of the government. Several opposition groups had submitted proposals to this effect, and the executive had indicated from the start of the debates that it would “open” on the subject.
“It’s a great cross-party victory.”
Gabriel Attal, Minister Delegate for Public Accountsto the National Assembly
He added that the government was mobilized to shed light on suspicions of firewood speculation. “We will not hesitate to crack down” in case of fraud, he assured. According to the Ecological Transition Agency (Ademe), wood is the main source of heating for more than three million French people, with more and more pellet boilers. MEPs have been examining since Monday in session the draft amending budget for 2022, the second for the current year, which provides for a series of anti-inflation extensions.