The holder of the perch relied in particular on an opinion from the Council of State. For the latter, the text was not the appropriate vehicle for this indexation, which would take the special law out of its scope of renewal of existing taxes.
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But opposition deputies contest it, believing that it was better to let the Constitutional Council decide once the law has been adopted.
The situation could be corrected in a draft budget or another text at the start of 2025, especially since the taxpayers concerned would not enter the tax scope from January 1, but later in the year.
In the meantime, the State will operate with this special law, the main article of which allows the executive to raise taxes on the basis of those voted last year for 2024.
The executive will then be able to incur expenses by decree, but will have to be satisfied with the “minimum appropriations” which it “deems essential to continue the execution of public services”. The deputies also adopted an amendment to include in the text the levies on state revenue for the benefit of communities.
