The French Prime Minister announced that he would not increase taxes on low-income people and that “the richest must contribute to this national effort.”
HE new government The French met for the first time this Monday to discuss various issues. priority to budget problems and immigration.
Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s latest statements regarding tax reform have sparked controversy. Barnier said he would not increase taxes on those with low income, but said: “The richest should contribute to this national effort.”.
“I will not increase tax pressure Against the French, who already pay the highest taxes of all our European partners. Not for the poorest, not for the workers, not for the middle class. However I will not rule out the possibility of a national effort To rectify the situation,” the prime minister said.
Conservative Bruno Retailleau, on the other hand, promised to restore order through majority politics when he took office as the new Minister of the Interior. Retailleau will replace Gerald Darmanin.
The new French Government consists of 39 members
The list of new members of the French Government was announced on Saturday and includes 39 MPs mainly from the following countries: President Emmanuel Macron’s Centrist Allianceand the centre-right, represented by the Les Républicains party.
The first major political test for the new French prime minister will come when he takes office on October 1. general policy speech Before the National Assembly.
