“We need to make sure everyone pays.” Two weeks after her arrival in government, the Minister of Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, announced Monday January 6 on France 2 “a very concrete, very ambitious action plan” concerning equality before taxes, which she intends to present “in the next few weeks”. “We need to be able to potentially change the rules so that everyone pays their fair share of tax”she declared in “Les 4Vs”, specifying that she wanted to fight against fraud and “suroptimisation fiscale”notably operated through “des holdings” or from “very complex setups”. “This is a subject for which there is a majority in Parliament”she assured. Follow our live stream.
Budget consultations on Monday. Amélie de Montchalin and Eric Lombard, the Minister of the Economy, will consult “all political forces on the 2025 budget” in Bercy from Monday, announced the ministry. Representatives of the MoDem and the PS are expected at 9 a.m. and noon respectively. These consultations aim to “share the budgetary discussion framework as well as the proposals and recommendations made by the different political sensibilities”. The government is aiming for a public deficit includingis between 5% and 5.5% of gross domestic product (GDP), Eric Lombard said on Monday.
A savings plan estimated at “50 billion”. Guest of France Inter on Monday, Éric Lombard said he wanted to reach a non-censorship agreement so that France “have a budget” as soon as possible. He mentioned a savings plan “a little relaxed” compared to that envisaged by the Barnier government: “we are rather around 50 billion euros“and not 60 mainly found with the help of budgetary restrictions and not tax increases.
New revolt from farmers. Processions of tractors took to the road Monday morning for snail operations towards Paris and around Lyon, at the call of Rural Coordination. The second agricultural union is calling for a reduction in standards and continues to oppose the ratification of the free trade treaty between the EU and Mercosur. He also demands to be received on Tuesday by the Prime Minister, François Bayrou, who had invited the agricultural unions to discuss on January 13.
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