The sequence on the pension reform is about to end, the government is planning its next big projects, as Emmanuel Macron wanted in his last televised address. Last week, Bruno Le Maire and Gabriel Attal had thus underlined the fight against social and fiscal fraud. A fight that is part of the broader objective of accelerating the France deleveraging reduce public debt to 108,000 million euros at the end of the five-year period in 2027. Along the same lines, RTL’s morning guest, the Minister of Public Accounts alluded to the opening this Tuesday of the citizen consultation for my taxes that should allow ” say what public money is used for at the national level and give very concrete examples”. “I want taxpayers to have a say in priority public policy,” she said. There will be a questionnaire, public meetings in public finance centers. We will see the results and take them into account for the next budget. .”
If the Government does not intend to activate this lever to increase its income, it does intend to put an end to the “whatever the cost” policy that had been extended in recent months with numerous aid measures to counter inflation. “When there was this inflation in food prices, some wanted to pressure us to establish a food control that would have benefited the French who do not work, recalled Gabriel Attal. We preferred to ask manufacturers to establish an anti-inflationary quarter.” so that it benefits all the French”.
Later in the morning, Olivier Dussopt mentioned, on the CNews set, the reform of the RSA, regretting that 40% of people who entered the RSA between 2009 and 2011 continued seven years later, according to a report by the Court of Auditors. The Minister of Labor announced that he wanted to extend the new RSA system, currently being tested in 18 departments, “to all labor areas as of January 1, 2024.” As a reminder, this device conditions the payment of the RSA to participation in integration activities at a rate of 15 to 20 hours per week. “The best way to fight poverty is to guarantee a return to employment,” insisted Olivier Dussopt, who wants the law to be approved before the summer.
Source: BFM TV
