Budget, pensions: “With Édouard Philippe, we propose to return to the suspension of the reform,” says Laurent Marcangeli
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While the draft State and Social Security budgets are being examined in the National Assembly, the head of the Horizons deputies, Laurent Marcangeli, is proposing to cancel 10 billion in planned tax increases in return for savings of the same amount, while suggesting reestablishing the pace of the 2023 pension reform and not replacing one in three civil servants retiring.
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Why It Matters
The government is presenting a budget for 2027 providing for an effort of 54 billion euros, including 43 billion in new measures, while the draft budgets for the State and Social Security are currently being examined in the National Assembly.
While the draft State and Social Security budgets are being examined in the National Assembly, the head of the Horizons deputies, Laurent Marcangeli, proposes to “cancel 10 billion in planned tax increases, against savings of the same amount”, in an interview with Le Figaro. The former Minister of the Civil Service, support of Édouard Philippe for the presidential election, suggests restoring the pace of the 2023 pension reform and not replacing one in three retiring civil servants.
LE FIGARO. - The budget presented by the government for 2027 provides for an effort of 54 billion euros, including 43 billion in new measures. Can you vote for this project as it stands?
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The debate on the cancellation of 10 billion in tax increases in return for equivalent savings will be continued during the examination of the budget in the National Assembly.
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What exactly are the 10 billion in tax increases that Laurent Marcangeli wants to cancel?
- What specific savings would make it possible to compensate for this cancellation according to his proposal?
- Will the government agree to restore the pace of the 2023 pension reform as suggested?
