Divergences within Macronie on superprofits.
On Monday, on France Inter, the President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet sided with the supporters of a contribution from companies "
who have seen their profits increase exponentially
" under "
the effect of the economic situation
“, but not necessarily in the form of taxation, she said.
"
I think we have to look at how to restore more fairness and justice
," she explained, observing "
that a number of countries around us are adopting tax systems
."
Yaël Braun-Pivet took the example of Germany, after Bercy insisted on the fact that the “
contribution
” of the energy companies that Berlin promised to support at European level was “absolutely not” a tax.
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“
This issue must be dealt with, we cannot do nothing and let this situation continue
,” said the deputy for Yvelines.
"
Not necessarily in the form of taxation, but I think we have to find a device, an exceptional contribution, the supply of a fund, I don't know what
," she added.
Noting that a fact-finding mission has been launched on this issue at the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet stressed that Parliament would “
be able to work on this issue
”.
“
We cannot leave the situation as
it is ,” she insisted.
Terminal “does not close the door” to taxation
Within the government itself, the question divides.
While Élisabeth Borne told Le Parisien
at the end of August
that she was not "closing the door" to taxing the "
superprofits
" of companies, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire declared before the Medef last week that he did not know
"what what is a superprofit”.
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On the 2023 budget, which will be presented in the autumn by the government, the President of the Assembly has also not ruled out recourse to article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution, which makes it possible to engage the responsibility of the government to have a text adopted without a vote.
Even if she says she favors “
dialogue
” and “
consultation
” before the vote on the text.
"
You have to try to convince, to build consensus to the end, but it's not a tragedy if you use a tool that has been part of the Constitution since its origin
," she said.
On Sunday, in
Le Parisien
, the Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal indicated that he was reaching out to the opposition in order to build the 2023 budget jointly, saying he wanted to inaugurate the "Dialogues de Bercy", consultations to which "
all parliamentarians from the committees of the finances of the Assembly and the Senate, majority as well as opposition
”.
The Republicans (LR), the National Rally (RN) and La France insoumise (LFI) have already rejected this proposal, warning that they would not vote for the text anyway.
