Reductions in charges for businesses will not be reduced to 2.25 SMIC as part of the Social Security financing bill, Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Thursday, during the Impact PME event. . A measure awaited by employers, believing that the initially planned elimination risked leading to an increase in labor costs.
As a reminder, parliamentarians voted on Wednesday evening in the joint committee to reduce the effort required of companies in terms of social contributions. While the initial project planned to eliminate 4 billion euros in reductions in charges, this amount was reduced to 1.6 billion.
So there is “ an effort of 2.4 billion euros ultimately which will be returned or preserved for companies in terms of social charges. This is the agreement that was made with parliamentarians and with the Senate », explained Michel Barnier.
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The increase in taxes on buried electricity
In an interview given to Figaro this Thursday, Michel Barnier announces that he will not “ increase taxes on electricity », as initially planned in the draft budget for 2025, acceding to one of the requests in particular from the National Rally not to censor the government.
« I have decided not to increase taxes on electricity in the 2025 finance bill », « this will allow a drop in electricity prices of 14%, which will therefore go well beyond the 9% drop initially planned », Says the Prime Minister in extracts from an interview with Figaroposted online Thursday. “ Whether in my majority or the opposition leaders that I received: almost all of them asked me to evolve », he justifies.
