The government is “ready for measured concessions” on the 2025 budget, while the threat of a motion of censure is increasingly strong. “We are ready for the gesture,” Minister of the Economy and Finance Antoine Armand insisted this Thursday morning at the microphone of BFMTV and RMC. He notably mentioned electricity taxation – the increase in which could be greater than expected, but alerted the opposition to the risk of a “leap into the budgetary unknown” if the 2025 finance bill does not is not voted on.
Prime Minister Michel Barnier has repeatedly said he will likely use 49.3 to pass his budget. The left – including the Socialist Party – has warned that it would vote for censorship in this case, when the National Rally (RN) seems more ready than ever.
At the same time, an agreement was reached Wednesday evening in the joint committee (CMP) on the Social Security finance bill. The compromise reached between seven deputies and seven senators notably provides for a reduction in employer contributions, a two-stage revaluation of pensions based on inflation or even a strengthening of the “soda tax”, which can range from 4 to 35 cents per liter.
Energy drinks are on the rise. Their sales “jumped 12.5% in volume” over the first ten months of 2024, according to Emily Mayer, the director of studies at the Circana institute. Faced with an increasingly broad offering, the turnover of “energy drinks” will reach 674 million euros in France this year, double that in 2019.
The National Health Security Agency (ANSES) for its part is sounding the alarm, pointing out undesirable effects at the neurological or cardiovascular level. “Drinks do not provide any energy to the body, they are only stimulants,” also denounces Irène Margaritis, deputy director of risk assessment and head of the “food, animal and plant health” field at Anses.
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