FOOD VOUCHER 2022. The executive announced the creation of a fund for sustainable food aid of 60 million euros. A brand new device that could replace the food check, a time abandoned.
[Mis à jour le 3 novembre 2022 à 16h38] What if the food voucher finally saw the light of day? A time abandoned by the Minister of the Economy Bruno the Mayor who regretted not having managed to “build a device that is operational and fast”, he could well return to the front of the stage, under a completely different formula. Indeed, the Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced this Thursday, November 3, the release of a “sustainable food aid fund” from 60 million euros in 2023intended to allow the “most fragile” French people to access “quality food”, during a visit to the Food Bank of the Marne, in Reims.
These 60 million euros would first make it possible to “support our major national players so that they can buy more quality products”, and “initiatives like the one we saw this morning in the territories, for example , quality products in a short circuit for our food banks and the associations that are mobilized on this food aid.” Problem, this food check is not registered in the budget 2023. The government has not given more precise information about this new device which could replace the famous food check, long awaited by the poorest households to access healthier food.
The fund for sustainable food aid of 60 million euros, desired by Elisabeth Borne should be managed by certain major national networks, and regional prefects through “local projects”. “The latter” will be able to support initiatives (…) between farmers, producers who will also be able to offer short circuits for quality food. For example, also setting up sustainable food vouchers since it is something that we want to be able to then develop on a national scale”, continued the head of government.
But originally the scholarship studentsthe beneficiaries of housing benefits (PLA) even if they no longer live with their parents, as well as the beneficiaries of social minima like the RSA, theSSAI’AAHor even theASPA should have benefited from the food voucher. Finally, the latter received the inflation bonus, or exceptional back-to-school bonus of 100 euros on September 15th.
The idea of a new generation food voucher is therefore not yet buried, as confirmed by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne during a trip to Marne, Thursday November 3, 2022. Problem, this possible check is not not on the 2023 budget program. So, it is difficult to know the exact terms of this new food check, and a potential payment date if such a formula were chosen for 2023.
As a reminder, the implementation of the food check had proven to be more complex than expected for the executive and saw several dates being brought forward over the months. Finally, the government decided during the Council of Ministers of July 7, theexceptional back-to-school assistance replaced the food check.