There will be "
no condition
" for the reduction of 10 billion euros in taxes on production of companies in 2021, insisted the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire on Monday, when the left and some voices at LREM ask social and ecological “counterparts”.
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“
We will not ask for conditions on this
tax cut
.
Quite simply because we are only re-establishing tax fairness between France and the other countries of the European Union,
”he said, opening the debates on the finance bill for 2021 in the Assembly.
“
We have to know what we want.
If we want to succeed with
industrial relocation
, open new factories, create new jobs for workers, we must immediately start reducing production taxes in France,
”Le Maire stressed in the hemicycle.
A few hours earlier, Prime Minister Jean Castex had however estimated on Franceinfo that the debate on the possible counterparts of companies to the aid granted within the framework of the recovery plan was "
legitimate
", but that it should "
be treated company by company
".
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"
We will stick to the line set by the President of the Republic and on which the success of the recovery depends: no tax increase, no new tax
", argued Bruno Le Maire.
However, he hoped that companies "
commit themselves in three directions
":
"the reduction of CO2 emissions
", "
parity and equality between women and men
" and "
promotion of social dialogue
".
