France remained second in 2022 for the weight of production taxes in its GDP, among other comparable European economies. In absolute value, France exceeds everyone with 105 billion euros collected in 2022, compared to 29 and 55 billion for Germany and Italy.
The Montaigne Institute fears that “ the obvious constraints weighing on our public finances – 111.7% debt/GDP at the end of 2023 ” – will transform production taxation into a “ simple budgetary adjustment tool ” The Institute describes as “ regrettable signal ” the postponement until 2027 of the total disappearance of the Contribution on added value of companies.