the government would consider taxing more the assets of the richest French people

The Minister of Public Accounts Amélie de Montchalin raised the idea of ​​taxing the wealth of the richest before the socialist, communist and environmentalist representatives she met on Wednesday, the newspaper said this Friday, January 10. L’Opinion . Contacted by AFP, Amélie de Montchalin’s office did not wish to comment.

With the Minister of the Economy Éric Lombard, Amélie de Montchalin has been receiving political forces since Monday to try to find a compromise on the 2025 draft budget, before Prime Minister François Bayrou’s general policy declaration on January 14. The government wants a budgetary effort of around 50 billion euros this year, mainly through a reduction in public spending. But he did not rule out parallel tax increases, particularly for the wealthiest taxpayers. “We can find mechanisms that aim to ensure that people who have significant income participate in the tax effort”Eric Lombard estimated on Monday. A tax on high wealth already exists in France: the real estate wealth tax (IFI), which has replaced the wealth solidarity tax (ISF) since 2018.

According to L’Opinionthe idea of ​​a new tax put forward by Amélie de Montchalin would be a new taxation reserved for the highest assets, without it being specified whether it would also include financial assets, which are not taken into account in the calculation of the tax. ‘IFI. The previous government of Michel Barnier had proposed a “differential contribution” on high incomes in its draft budget for 2025, which could not be adopted due to a vote of no confidence on December 4. The left wanted to add a contribution to the wealth of the richest. On Thursday, Laurent Wauquiez and a delegation of LR elected officials were also received at Bercy, where they repeated their requests to rule out any tax increase and to prioritize lower spending.