A tax increase? After the poor public deficit figures, taxation divides the majority

2024-03-27T05:24:49.173Z

Highlights: In 2023, the public deficit reached 5.5% of French GDP, according to figures from INSEE. Far, far from the 4.9% anticipated by the government. A slip-up described as “significant’ and “very, very rare” by the president of the Court of Auditors, Pierre Moscovici. For weeks Bruno Le Maire has been preparing the French for economic harshness. Let him insist that France will have to tighten its belt.

After the announcement by INSEE of the deficit of 5.5% for the year 2023, against 4.9% anticipated by the government, the Minister of the Economy, Bru