French MPs poised to approve €20bn inflation relief package

Cost of living measures include pension rises, a cap on rent increases and a civil service pay rise French lawmakers will on Thursday definitively adopt a range of new measures to help struggling households cope with rising energy and food prices, as well as an updated budget that will pay for France to renationalise its electricity giant, EDF. The final vote is a formality and follows weeks of heated debate and negotiations at the national assembly, where the French president, Emmanuel Macron, ...