It has been a long time since the fuel allowance was launched. By the way, this is just a replacement for the 10 cent discount that ended on December 31st. It was then available at all service stations in France and for all motorists without distinction. This does not apply to the fuel surcharge, which only applies to certain drivers. Namely, the most humble and those who desperately need a car to get to work. So that approx 10 million people who may be eligible.

The French are punished by supply interruptions at service stations.

Thus, the government continues the discount of 30 centimes/l at gas stations until mid-November.@TotalEnergies also extends its discount of 20 centimes/l for the same period. pic.twitter.com/u7EdYWGliB

— Elizabeth BORNE (@Elisabeth_Borne) October 16, 2022

New error

But in reality, everything is not so simple. Indeed, a few weeks ago the government had to fix a bug that prevented owners of old cars from submitting a request. Today, this is another issue that was raised the beneficiaries have not yet received their transfer. And that’s despite some applying more than a month ago, like this motorist who has since had to cut back on her spending to make up for the lack of that help, which doesn’t seem to be coming even though she feels well entitled to it.. She explains to our RMC colleagues that “ That will give me two recharges per month. Here, I don’t have it“.

There is no solution

Also interviewed by RMC, he tried to contact the services responsible for this assistance for six years. And the person on the phone would simply reply that “We have accepted your request, but we have an error: the file appears and we do not know how to fix it“. Therefore, at the moment it would not be there there is no solution to this problem. For its part, the government defends itself by asserting that already more than half of the bonuses have been paid, still not bad“.