Tax increases: “We need commandos to go into battle and tell the French people that we have to make a collective effort in fair proportion to the taxable capacity of everyone,” according to the Senate’s budget rapporteur.
“We must take into account the unprecedented and tense situation of our finances. We cannot play with fire. If we all follow red lines, a mikado forms and immediately collapses. Unfortunately, this is what is happening.”“This is the case,” the Senate’s budget rapporteur, Jean-François Husson, told Agence France-Presse today.
Mr. Husson, also a senator for Meurthe-et-Moselle and a member of the Les Républicains group in the Upper House, calls for a “collective effort” in the face of the economic situation, urging Macronie, like the right, his political family, to “take a step towards each other” on the hypothesis of an increase in taxes, which divides the parties.
According to Jean-François Husson, whose role as rapporteur general is strategic in the Senate in the construction of the 2025 budget, “The political configuration forces us to go beyond expectations and preconceived perimeters”.
“My beliefs have not changed: I think we are taxed too much. But when we are in the red, we have to correct the situation. We have to look at everything.”including the tax issue, the parliamentarian acknowledges, who considers “personally” that will be necessary “Perhaps I will accept some additional new and temporary efforts” in front of the “berezina in the public accounts”.
“The red rag must be in your pocket, because if you agree to be in government, you get into order and get ahead. We need commandos who go into battle and tell the French that we have to make a collective effort in fair proportion to the capabilities of each person.”continues Jean-François Husson, who has distanced himself from LR in recent months, in reaction to Eric Ciotti joining the National Rally.
He also asked the Senate Finance Committee to “spirit of responsibility and openness”. “And to do this, we must not engage in political or economic marketing, we must not pit the French against each other.”he urged.
To clean up public finances, Pierre Moscovici called for a “a reasoned control of expenditure, the complete opposite of the most planned policy that has never proven its effectiveness”. “Sudden and uniform reductions in public spending are not a solution to achieve these savings. We must operate in an intelligent and efficient manner by acting on the quality of spending.”he stressed.
“Let us not expect a miracle cure through growth (…) France has more resilient growth than its partners, it is not an Asian tiger”he added, thus addressing one of the avenues favoured by the outgoing government.
As for possible tax increases, the room for manoeuvre is limited, while the percentage of mandatory deductions is “already very high”estimated.
