CGT chief calls for price caps as government expands fuel aid scheme

Speaking on RTL, CGT secretary-general Sophie Binet denounced the recently announced targeted fuel assistance as a “bureaucratic nightmare,” pointing out that half of those eligible fail to claim it. She proposed a straightforward approach: impose a price freeze on gasoline and curb the profit margins of oil majors. The administration confirmed the subsidy, which gives beneficiaries €100 in public funding—equivalent to about €0.40 per litre for two months—will now continue until the end of the year, expanding eligibility beyond the previous three-million pool.

Binet urged President Emmanuel Macron, who is slated for a televised interview, to intervene and block oil-company margins. She also referenced an upcoming public-sector strike, describing it as a major mobilisation over wages and warning against salary freezes that have eroded purchasing power over the past decade.