Budget: François Bayrou Does Not Exclude the Return of Social VAT, the RN and the Left Are Indignant

While François Bayrou did not close the door to the introduction of a social VAT to finance social security expenditure, the boss of the Medef, Patrick Martin, supports this idea which would allow the results of the companies to improve. But it is far from unanimous.

After Emmanuel Macron last week, François Bayrou opened the door wide to social TVA. A case that could dynamit his government.

The Prime Minister hopes that the social partners "can seize" this controversial mechanism.

The Prime Minister announced this Tuesday, May 27 on BFM his willingness that the social partners discuss the return of this measure, repealed by François Hollande in 2012.

France will publish a three- or four-year “plan” in July to restore public finances, the prime minister announced, according to Euractiv. François Bayrou, who survived the vote on the 2025 budget in the National Assembly in February, seems determined to take the initiative, announcing on Tuesday that he will “ask all French citizens to make a […] The article French government prepares a program to balance finances – Among the proposals is a “soc…

François Bayrou created the controversy this Tuesday morning by declaring himself "favourable" to a social VAT on BFMTV-RMC. This measure, which consists of increasing the tax on consumption to reduce social contributions, resurfaces after years of heated debates. But why now? And why does this proposal divide so much? The social VAT article: Bayrou resurrects an old controversy to save public finances appeared first on Cointribune.