Should we expect tax increases? The subject is becoming less and less taboo for the head of government. According to information from Le Parisien that we can confirm, Michel Barnier would have entrusted this project to several contacts, including Gérald Darmanin. This was announced by the resigning Minister of the Interior during a meeting of the Ensemble pour la République group on Tuesday 17 September at the National Assembly.
“Wealthy taxpayers and profitable companies” targeted
The Prime Minister is said to have confided this wish to other interlocutors, reports Le Parisien.
According to sources who corroborate this on BFMTV, these tax increases would be aimed at “wealthy taxpayers and profitable companies.”
A prospect that should not please Emmanuel Macron. Last April, the president had He declared that he was “closing the hypothesis” of a tax increase, despite the deterioration of public accounts, and defended his economic strategy that “gives results.”
Source: BFM TV
