The budget project is relaunched this Monday morning. Representatives of Modem and the PS are received in Bercy during the day with a resumption of consultations. A stated objective in terms of taxes: no tax increases for the middle class.
As consultations around the next budget begin this Monday, there will be “no more taxes for households” promises the new budget minister. Amélie de Montchalin will receive with Eric Lombard the Minister of the Economy this Monday the parliamentary groups to find compromises on the new budget.
It sets the framework for the discussion: measures to achieve around 5% deficit by making savings. Amélie de Montchalin assures that she has no “red lines” but “strong convictions”. The first of these is to reduce the deficit to around 5% of GDP at the end of the year. Which means, according to the Minister of the Budget, to make savings.
“If we get trifles, we will not rule out censorship”, threatens the PS
A text based on that of Michel Barnier, but with compromises. “This budget will neither be that of the right, nor that of the left, nor that of the center,” she said. The only certainty on the content is that it excludes any new tax or any tax increase for households.
“Those who think they can solve everything through tax increases alone are out of touch,” the minister says to Le Parisien.
She still hopes to achieve a majority on the budget despite the persistent threat of a government overthrow. A socialist received just now at Bercy warns: “If we get trifles, we do not rule out censorship.”
Stéphane Duguet with Guillaume Descours
