Purchasing Power: Behind Political Powerlessness, Growing Social Anger

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Two out of three Frenchmen (67%) feel that their purchasing power has declined in recent months, as a result of rising fuel prices and certain food products after the exceptional drought of the summer. An 11-point increase, according to a poll by the Elabe Institute published on Thursday. Yet, the government has closed the door to a generalisation of aid to compensate for the continued surge in gas prices, which, like the conflict in the Middle …

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Between budgetary constraints and economic concerns, the executive struggles to meet the expectations of the French as the social climate moves towards the approach of the presidential election Flambe of the