Economy Minister Eric Lombard estimated on Saturday that possible tax increases in the budget he is preparing for 2025 “should be very limited”and the public deficit reduced to “a little above 5%” you PIB.
The new Minister of Economy and Finance Eric Lombard, former director of the Casse des Dépôts et Consignations, would like to invite all the political parties represented in Parliament to come and talk to Bercy in the coming days, to promote the adoption of a budgethe announced on Saturday. Its objective is to obtain compromises to avoid censorship. The new budget should be voted on in mid-February. Until then, the “special law” passed on December 16 ensures the continuity of the State.
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“At the request of the Prime Minister, I will call on the political parties represented in the National Assembly and the Senate, as well as the parliamentary groups, to come and dialogue at the ministry with Amélie de Montchalin, the Minister of Public Accounts, and myself “assures the minister in an interview with the Tribune Dimanche. “I will contact them […] starting tomorrow morning. By sharing information on the reality of the situation, I will do everything possible to ensure that a budget is adopted.”he assures.
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The minister, who will take over Barnier government's draft budget left suffering by censorship, believes that he “may be discussions on tax increases, which will have to be very limited”with our colleagues, while it will be necessary “additional savings” and that the deficit will be forecast “a little above 5%” of GDP for “protect growth”.
