The French began to issue coupons for firewood due to rising prices

Ouest France: French people start getting wood stamps due to soaring energy prices.

From December 27, French citizens began to receive coupons for firewood in the amount of 50 to 200 euros against the backdrop of a sharp increase in electricity prices. It is reported by Ouest France.

According to the publication, the face value of the check depends on the income of the applicants and their marital status. It is clarified that only "wealthy or very wealthy families will not be eligible.

The French leadership notes that coupons will be able to receive about 70 percent of households that are heated with firewood.

In August, it became known that many French residents decided to heat their homes with wood in the coming winter due to rising gas and electricity prices. Firewood production enterprises are operating at full capacity, the flow of orders does not stop, and sales of wood-burning stoves have grown by one and a half times over the year.