François Baroin, the president of the Association of Mayors of France had warned the government: a reduction in production taxes would be a "
red line
" not to be crossed for the municipalities.
But on reading the recovery plan and after an interview with Olivier Dussopt, Minister responsible for Public Accounts, local elected officials denounced a
“new unacceptable attack”
on their fiscal autonomy.
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"If they want to pass in force, we will seize all parliamentarians as soon as the texts are published, scheduled for the end of September, and we will launch a battle of opinion,"
announces AMF vice-president André Laignel.
“They pretend to consult us, but everything was already complete.
The method does not change ”, he
accuses, while the cordial relations maintained with Prime Minister Jean Castex since his appointment had given the feeling of a warming of relations between the State and the communities.
Today, the PS mayor of Issoudun accuses Matignon of "
carrying out the old
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