Twenty-seven deputies from the macronist group Ensemble pour la République (EPR) oppose, in a text published by La Tribune on Saturday night, any increase in taxes, while Prime Minister Michel Barnier plans to make those who can contribute more, “exceptionally.” and temporarily.”
“It seems to us (…) unthinkable that after seven years of tax cuts it is the alliance of the central bloc that ends up giving up fiscal stability to increase them,” write Mathieu Lefèvre and Charles Rodwell, accompanied by former ministers Aurore Bergé and Marie Lebec, or by the group’s former president Sylvain Maillard.
The authors also consider it “unthinkable” to question the “clear direction defined by the three budget programming laws of the Ministries of the Interior, the Army and Justice.”
To achieve this, they recommend “the cult of the effectiveness of our public policies”, the “abolition of dozens of Théodule agencies and committees”, “the simplification of public action and the reduction of the number of officials while preserving our local public services.” .
Call for bold reforms
Arguing that “the restoration of public accounts requires above all the creation of wealth and full employment”, they call for “carrying out courageous reforms, particularly that of unemployment insurance.” And they call to continue the “ruthless fight against social and fiscal fraud.”
Prime Minister Michel Barnier, noting the very degraded financial situation he inherited, put on the table the possibility of increasing certain rates.
“On the fiscal issue, I said that I would protect from any tax increase those who are on the ground, those who work, those who produce. We are going to appeal, exceptionally and temporarily, to those who can contribute to this effort,” declared the Friday in the Journal de Saône-et-Loire.
Interviewed on Friday in Western France, the president of the MoDem group, Marc Fesneau, declared himself open to fiscal adjustments. “At MoDem we are not closed to asking for efforts from the richest people – actually from the highest strata – and from very large companies,” declared the former Minister of Agriculture. His group is also willing to “address tax loopholes, analyze the rental situation and cancel planned tax cuts, such as the contribution to the added value of companies.”
Source: BFM TV
