Michel Barnier was the guest tonight of “L’Événement”, the political programme of France 2, opposite Caroline Roux on Thursday 3 October. He went into detail on certain points of his general policy speech. Here is what you need to remember.
Two days after his general policy speech, Michel Barnier, who has been in office at Matignon since 5 September, provided his after-sales service on 3 October 2024. He was the guest of L’Événement, the political program of France 2. In particular, he returned to tax, immigration and health issues.
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Tax increases specified
Since his appointment, the Prime Minister has mentioned a main project, the reduction of France’s deficit, which he wants to see fall below the 3% mark by 2029. Among the solutions put forward: to return to the Macronist leitmotif of rejecting tax increases.
While his predecessor began to work on debt reduction with “substantial efforts”, there was not a “sufficient credit freeze by Gabriel Attal”, said Michel Barnier. “I want to be efficient,” he said.
“There will be no fiscal shock,” he assures, recalling that in his solution, there will be a two-thirds reduction in public spending and a third in taxes on the largest companies. Temporary efforts, he assures. He mentions a period of one or two years. This represents about 300 companies, he estimates.
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