Sus to hiccups. Invited to BFMTV on Sunday October 13, Maud Bregeon wanted to remove doubts concerning a possible increase in gas taxes, following sometimes contradictory information from one ministry to another, in particular between that of the Budget and that of the Ecological transition. Government spokesperson Barnier also confirms a drop in electricity bills “around 10% at the start of next year” for 80% of French people with a “regulated rate” contract, since these rates “will be updated at the beginning of the year”.
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“There will be no increase in gas taxes, that is the government’s position,” she declared, referring to “arbitration” by the Prime Minister. “This tax, the TICGN, doubled at the beginning of last year,” notes the government spokesperson. Increasing it again at the start of 2025 would directly impact the French, according to her, “which is not the case for electricity because prices have fallen”, underlines the former Renaissance MP.
Increases “under discussion”?
Concerning the evolution of energy taxation within the budget, however, the government remains “open to discussion within the parliamentary debate” against the backdrop of an end of year 2024 “with a deficit of more than 6%” , which requires “collecting 60 billion in record time”, as provided for in the 2025 budget presented by Michel Barnier on October 10.
“The energy transition must be accepted and acceptable and this cannot happen through money that we would take from the pockets of the French. There are 12 million French people who heat themselves with gas […]the punitive ecology which consists of making people pay more and more, is not the solution,” underlines Maud Bregeon.