First debates on the budget in the Assembly’s finance committee
As usual, the Ministers of Economy and Public Accounts, Antoine Armand and Laurent Saint-Martin, were questioned this morning by the Finance Commission of the National Assembly, one day after the presentation of the 2025 finance bill.
First deputy to speak, the rapporteur Charles de Courson first greeted “considerable efforts” of the government that “break with the tranquility that has prevailed in recent years” in matters of finance.
He stressed, however, that the PLF could have a “recessive effect” in the economy, through planned spending cuts and tax increases. Courson also questioned the merits of the hypothesis that consumption will recover again, as long as the French savings rate remains the same. ” student “.
On behalf of the National Assembly, Jean-Philippe Tanguy He said that he saw in the PLF a “museum of the horrors of the technocrats of Bercy”that includes “Tax injustices everywhere.”
The government will have “the support of our group in the effort to reduce the public deficit”saying David Amielon behalf of the macronist group Ensemble pour la République. He said that the EPR deputies would be “On the other hand, we are very attentive to tax increases that would weaken the essential objectives of employment, ecological transition and reindustrialization.”
nicolas rayelected by the Republican right, assures that his group “the choice of courage” and will be on the side of the government “to clean up public accounts”.
“We must learn to spend less by spending better”saying Jean-Paul Mattei (Democrats), regretting anyway in the PLF “forgot”particularly in terms of housing.
“We will be constructive”saying Félicie Gerard (Horizons and independents).
Jean-Pierre Bataille (Freedom, Independents, Overseas and Territories) was concerned about the 5 billion euro effort requested from local authorities, which gives rise to a “deep concern among all local elected officials.”
On behalf of the UDR group, Gerault Verny estimated that“With public spending of 56% of GDP, France has become a collectivist state.”
