The government “working on an aid” who “would range from 100 to 200 euros” for 1.4 million French people who heat with oil, announced this Thursday on franceinfo the Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal. This represents “half of households that heat with oil“, he specifies. This aid will be paid “from November“, according to the Minister Delegate. It can be combined with the exceptional energy check, also from 100 to 200 euros, announced by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Wednesday.
“For the most modest households, that’s up to 400 euros in exceptional aid this winter to fill your tank“, assures Gabriel Attal. The objective is to distribute “as efficiently and fairly as possible” the envelope of 230 million euros voted this summer in the National Assembly. Gabriel Attal recalls that fuel oil today costs “1.55 euros per liter“, “almost double last year“.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced an additional device for the tariff shield, “first on fuel oil“. She had also specified that”we must also support households that heat with wood“, without further details.