At the Borbón Palace, this Friday, October 31, the taxation of great wealth, known as the Zucman tax, will be debated. If he defends it, the head of the Socialists, Olivier Faure, suspects that it “probably will not be voted” by the Assembly.
“Obviously there is a majority (of deputies) against this proposal,” he said at the BFTMV-RMC microphone.
But the first secretary of the PS, who still threatens to censure the government if it does not modify its budget, asks Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to find “compromises.”
“This means that Sébastien Lecornu says that, given that the Zucman tax will probably not be voted on, what instruments does he use to raise the billions we need?” asks the deputy, who “hopes that the Prime Minister will participate in the debate.”
“A crucial moment”
“We are at a crucial moment,” he adds, asking that “partisan interests take a backseat to the interest of the country.” He also calls for “patriotism of large societies.”
“I don’t know if the vehicle will be the Zucman tax, but we cannot accept that today people pay less than all French people and continue to complain,” says the head of the PS. “We must find money to prevent the middle and working classes from having to pay taxes.”
Olivier Faure has thus proposed the idea of restoring the solidarity wealth tax (ISF) abolished in 2017 or even a modification of the “Dutreil niche”, used by certain large fortunes to reduce inheritance taxes.
However, the head of the socialists also points out that “the Government’s copy is beginning to improve”: “Last week there was a surcharge for large companies of 4 billion. Today it is 6 billion.”
Source: BFM TV
