Caught up in the deficit, Michel Barnier relaunches the explosive debate on taxation of the wealthiest

Michel Barnier’s nightmare has begun. Barely installed at Matignon, at the head of a government that he assembled for the first time on Monday, September 23, the new Prime Minister is entering the hard part of budgetary arbitrations. On Sunday, he warned his majority mixing Macronists and Republicans (LR), and confused part of it, by opening the way to a tax increase for the wealthiest. In his sights, in the name of a “ solidarity effort » : “ very large companies » And “ the wealthiest people »he said on the set of France 2’s “20 Heures”. But out of the question“ further increase taxes on all French people »he thought it was good to clarify.

To justify himself, the leader of LR says he is the heir to a financial situation that he describes as “ very serious ». The public deficit – the annual difference between revenue and expenditure -…