Christine Lavarde: "Production costs are out of the ordinary in our country"

LE FIGARO.

- France remains the European champion in terms of fiscal and social pressure despite the drop in compulsory levies of 50 billion euros between 2018 and 2023. So this is not enough?

Christine LAVARDE.

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France has a long way to go in terms of compulsory deductions.

For households, taxation has actually fallen a little.

But we must not forget that on January 1, 2018, the CSG, paid by employees and retirees, increased by 1.7 points.

In addition, this reduction was mainly achieved with the abolition of the housing tax which was in the hands of local elected officials.

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This decision was a mistake: some of the inhabitants have lost all links with the local public services from which they benefit.

On the business side, the reduction in production taxes of 10 billion per year decided by the government is certainly a step forward, but it is not enough to improve the competitiveness of the country.

That is to say?

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