Jean-François Copé denounces “a vast hypocrisy” after the proposal to establish “participation” in “the uses of the city”

In an interview with “Parisien”, Minister Catherine Vautrin rejected the idea of ​​a return of the housing tax but is considering the establishment of a “participation” in “city uses”.

“It’s all a vast hypocrisy”denounces Sunday November 3 on franceinfo the mayor Les Républicains de Meaux and former Minister of the Budget Jean-François Copé. “We’re beating around the bush”he reacts after Catherine Vautrin's proposal to introduce a contribution to replace the housing tax.

The Minister of Partnership with the Territories and Decentralization declared to the newspaper on Saturday The Parisian that he “there will be no return to housing tax”. Instead, she suggests setting up a “participation” to “Uses of the city”.

“A contribution is either a tax or a tax”retorts Jean-François Copé on franceinfo. The former Budget Minister pleads for a return of a housing tax “reformed” through “a tax on residence” pour “bring together tenants and owners”, “exempt the most modest” and allow “municipalities to make a real link between what they spend and what they offer as public services to citizens”.