US EditionIn Direct - a Zucman "Light" Tax in the 2026 Budget ? the Government Is "Opposed", According to Maud Bregeon
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The executive is opposed to a lighter version of the minimum tax on wealth defended by the economist and taken over by the socialists. But a cowardly ballast outside the budget in the face of the threat of a motion of censure.
"Zucman tax or Zucman light tax", for the government spokesman, is no. But this categorical position is not so unanimous.
This tax introducing a minimum tax on high assets, or even its lighter version proposed by the PS, must be debated in the Assembly. But it is unlikely to succeed without the support of the government, which is opposed to it, and now of the far right.
The Zucman tax, aimed at the wealth of the ultra-rich, gives rise to strong tensions at the National Assembly. It is planned to generate up to 25 billion euros, and it has a strong government opposition.
While the deputies are in the midst of debate at the National Assembly on the 2026 budget, the director general of Contributors Associates, Benoît Perrin, blames a plan comprising as many taxes as savings, and he does not believe in them.
On Tuesday morning, the government spokesman, Maud Bregeon, reiterated that the executive was opposed to the Zucman tax in the 2026 budget, even in its "light" version. Follow the latest news. - IN DIRECT - A Zucman tax "light" in the 2026 budget? The government is "opposed" to it, according to Maud Bregeon (Policy).
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