The PLF 2027 raises concerns among SMEs despite Lecornu's promises

“We cannot sustainably restore a country's accounts by breaking its economic engine (…) We will not call into question the major instruments that allow our companies to invest, produce and transmit,” Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu pledged in a letter addressed to entrepreneurs at the beginning of September. But on the morning of the presentation of the 2027 finance bill (PLF) in the Council of Ministers this Thursday, its promise seems to be fading. “Even if we do not yet have the final copy, we are witnessing the proliferation of measures which will have serious consequences for SMEs,” notes Erwan de La Porte du Theil, general manager of an events agency with around twenty employees.

And for good reason, the savings avenues envisaged by the executive have been falling by the wayside for several weeks. Enough to feed the wait-and-see attitude and concern of small bosses. Faced with the headlong rush of public debt, which has crossed the threshold…