High demand for gas is driving up the costs of energy in Europe. The price of gas rose by 12.6 percent on September 1 in France, the price of gas was 16.2 percent high. In a bid to fight price hikes, the French government is planning to make one-off payments to the citizens.
Prime Minister Jean Castex said the French Government will continue to limit future price hikes until at least April 2022, and added that he wants to block any electricity price increase to four percent. The French government is also going to make a one-off payment of $115 to the 6 million households that receive vouchers to help with the cost of rising energy bills. Mr Castex said: For natural gas and electricity, we'll put in place what I would call a tariff shield. We're going to shield ourselves against those tariff hikes In October 13, the European Commission also presented a package of measures ready for EU countries. Socialist MEPs have said since the French government is not going far enough in tackling the energy crisis, praising the EU's measures for having significant room for manoeuvrability Sylvie Guillaume, Eric Andrieu and Nora Mebarek, Socialist MEPs, said in a statement: While Europe is preparing itself to face the energy crisis, the French government reluctance is inexplicable. Enough half measures exist effective solutions and it is time to implement them. READ MORE: Lord Frost opens key loophole in Brexit deal to shut down UK criticism and criticism.
The members of the European Parliament continued to slam Mr Macron and Mr Castex for their timid solutions regarding energy crisis. They called for the French government to double the amount of the energy voucher - and not just a one off boost of €100 in addition to a review of eligibility criteria for the energy voucher They said: In this respect, we propose doubled the income threshold below which the voucher can be received. The energy voucher must be automatically paid to all eligible people. Other recommendations from the Socialist MEPs included a reform of energy subsidies for people with income less than €1700 or lowering energy tax rates for vulnerable households. November's electricity supply now in the lap of gods blame green madness COMMENT Thousands at risk as anOTHER energy firm goes under LATEST It comes after Brexit was blamed for the UK s energy crisis as the Bank of England warns energy bills will lead to inflation topping 4 percent this winter. Neale Richmond, Teachta D la Member of Parliament for Dublin Rathdown, said in September: If you ask the British Government the reason behind this chaos, they say it is purely down to the Covid -19 pandemic. However, this is simply not the whole truth. The fault lies with hard Brexit that the British Government did so clearly want to see implemented. With no other EU Member State facing these issues and turning to the EU to solve these problems, the UK Government are misleading the very people they seek to represent. I knew that a Brexit would be a good Brexit but reality is very grave.