French public deficit reaches 5.5% of GDP in 2023, according to INSEE. If taxes increase, Republicans “will not hesitate” to table a motion of censure.
Tax increases, deindexation of pensions, health spending must not constitute the adjustment variable for government wanderings, says Éric Ciotti, head of the Republican group in the National Assembly. The party has long brandished this threat of censoring the government, but until now it has largely refrained from joining the vote.