The presidential campaign and the debate on inheritance taxation
Left-wing candidates favor increasing taxes, particularly on inheritances
Quick Look
- The presidential campaign puts the country's recovery at stake.
- In the absence of reforms, left-wing candidates and other politicians are proposing to increase taxes, particularly targeting the estates of individuals and businesses.
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Why It Matters
The debate on inheritance taxation returned in 2025 during the preparation of the budget.
The presidential campaign will indeed be about the recovery of the country. But to get there, lacking the courage to propose reforms, left-wing candidates prefer to increase taxes!
While France is one of the countries that takes the most from its fellow citizens, while its inhabitants, survey after survey, clearly say that they do not want an increase in tax pressure, from Jean-Luc Mélenchon (beyond 12 million euros, he would take, if elected, the entirety of an inheritance) to Raphaël Glucksmann (taxation of what he calls “mega-inheritances” with a threshold of 2 million euros) including François Hollande (tax on large inheritances), all propose resorting to taxation.
Their preferred target: the estates of individuals and businesses.
When this debate returned in 2025, during the preparation of the budget, the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, also suggested…
Open Questions
- What exact measures will be retained for the budget?
