Like Mr. Jourdain who wrote prose without knowing it, it would seem that the government is led to increase taxes without wanting to. At Bercy, however, the line is still as clear as ever. This Tuesday, Bruno Le Maire himself took up his pen in Les
Échos
to repeat for the umpteenth time: “
We will not increase taxes
”. But, in the same breath, he indicates that he is
“disposed
” to “
harden
” the contribution on energy companies' rents - also called Crim (contribution on infra-marginal rents) or, more prosaically, tax on energy companies' superprofits.
This statement, which is in no way an announcement, echoes the statements of the Prime Minister who announced that he wanted to create a “task force”…
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