18% of French people have their bank account in the red every month...

Hello, Wednesday is ravioli. A timely ticket because, as I could not pay one of my monthly tax deductions, the tax authorities are asking me for more than 1000 €, immediately. Needless to say, I can't pay, because otherwise I don't have enough to live on and I'm already overdue rent.

Update 17.09.2014 : A little ray of sunshine for those who would be in the same situation as me. I went to taxes this morning, and I was given a form explaining the reasons for my temporary inability to pay. You join them with a partial settlement (it blocks the procedure), and you can spread the debt up to 6 monthly payments. Their schedules are not obvious, but I had an attentive ear. Also I advise you to rather move than to send a simple mail.

For the rest, I no longer have the courage to comment on this political commedia del arte because, by dint of thinking, yesterday I understood that this little game had only one goal, it was to disgust the French ) to throw them into the arms of the National Front (which, I remind you, is not a solution).

You have been given solutions (additional information), but apparently you do not seem ready to take them into consideration yet. Also, I take a step back while the continuous disaster scenario...And our options remain on the table.... (you have the info of ... in the chat and the Defcon Room at your service).

Sincerely,

A survey conducted by the CSA notes that many French people have changed their consumption habits to cope with this trend.

According to the conclusions of a study published on Monday, many French people remain skeptical about the question of their purchasing power. Over the last 12 months, 63% of French people consider that their purchasing power has decreased, while 58% of them fear a further drop in it for next year.

Conducted by the CSA Institute for the Cofidis group, this study revealed to the French respondents several attitudes to deal with this trend: a large proportion of them use their own savings (48%), others choose to adapt their consumption habits (36%), while only 7% of them choose a credit. The CSA survey also notes that to "live comfortably", the people asked would need an average of 464 euros more each month. Compared to previous figures, the proportion of people claiming to have been in an overdraft situation at least once during the past year has increased by 8 points and now stands at 47%.

The French whose bank account is "in the red" every month are also more numerous, reveals the study: they would amount to 18%, i.e. nearly one in five French people. The types of expenditure that seem to be the most affected by changes in consumer habits are first of all leisure and clothing (53%), then food (21%) and finally energy (17%).

This study was conducted among a representative sample of the French population of 1003 people aged at least 18, from August 26 to 29.