Passing through Touraine this Thursday, Olivier Véran came to talk about purchasing power with employees. It was in the premises of the Triangle craftsmen’s cooperative, created in 2007, in Sublaines, that the Minister for Democratic Renewal and government spokesman tried to reassure some Touraine residents worried about their purchasing power.
The Triangle cooperative brings together several craftsmen in the building sector, divided between Indre-et-Loire, Indre and Loir-et-Cher, 215 members and 53 employees, with 25 million euros in annual turnover. . The members are associated and all have the same shares. The cooperative makes it possible to save on materials when ordering, to better manage stocks and concentrate purchases, to be stronger at 215 than alone.
Exchanges around purchasing power
Among the employees present at the round table, Louise, 25, said she did not want children, “too worried about the future”. On the other hand, she is looking to buy her first apartment with her boyfriend, but cannot get a contribution for the bank loan. So it was important to raise the problem when the minister came, even if she “didn’t have any answers. But it feels good to be listened to
For her part, Kathleen mainly complains about the price of gas “we have had an answer for the months to come, but in the long term, will the aid last?” asks the Tourangelle.
Faced with the decline in purchasing power Olivier Véran tries to reassure as much as possible and recalls the systems in place, such as aid for the purchase of an electric vehicle, “more profitable in the long term” or the rebate on the price at the pump scheduled for the start of the school year. Nevertheless, the government spokesman is aware that it is impossible to provide answers “to all the galleys that the French may encounter on a daily basis”. He assures all the samereturn enriched by all these exchanges and then return to Paris to discuss with my fellow ministers and parliamentarians and move forward on solutions”. The Minister for Democratic Renewal also promises to go into the field once a week to bring the voice of the French people.
Faced with Olivier Véran’s speech, some employees still seem resigned and pessimistic “we’re not going to say that it’s talk, but hey, it’s complicated to satisfy everyone”.