The atmosphere in the National Assembly this Thursday was very lively. During the four hour marathon race, former Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire filed a lengthy lawsuit against representatives of the National Assembly. With the censorship system, you have once again derailed France He criticized Bessie's former tenant in front of elected officials.

« Who am I speaking in front of this morning? I spoke in front of the legislators, who hastily announced at 8 pm that the pension would be significantly increased from January 1st. Do you want to reduce your debt burden? Hypocrisy " .

Bruno Le Maire, convened by a parliamentary investigative committee led by Vice President Eric Coquerel, explained the recent drift in public finances. Just before this series of hearings, the chairman of the Finance Committee explained to the Tribune a few days ago that he wanted to first ask the heads of the Bessie government and social security department before discussing the ministers.

These (prediction) errors come from ideological blindness. Politicians have a responsibility to paint an optimistic picture He judged the elect of Seine-Saint-Denis.

A form of contempt and condescension

Bruno Le Maire first criticized the autumn budget debate in his opening speech. . The debate on the 2025 budget and the government's condemnation motion have revealed their masks. This parliament taxes, spends, and reviews. She voted in favor of all new expenditures - a somewhat Baroque way of correcting accounts The Swiss economics teacher exclaimed in surprise.

Referring to the rejection of the Social Security budget and the motion of censure, the former deputy of Normandy threw spikes on the New Popular Front (NFP). " Some people believe that only the wealthy will be taxed, but it is expected that the cost of all wages will increase by 1 percentage point, even the lowest wages Bruno Le Maire was also not spared from the far right.

« With the complicity of the RN, who prefers artifices: a pinch of fighting fraud, a hair of migrants less, and hop! The deficit is gone! As by magic and effortlessly.” Earlier, the legislators pointed out that Lack of Humility Former Minister. « In addition, offense is a form of diverting attention Criticizing Member of Parliament (right-wing alliance) Eric Ciotti, condemning, “A form of contempt and condescension.”

« Serious mistakes in forecasting »

Regarding income forecasting, Bruno Le Maire talked about “Serious Errors.” “In 2023 and 2024, we will face a brutal loss of tax revenue of 42 billion euros.” How to explain such a fiscal loophole? . The evaluation of income is very poor [...]. The model has failed Senior officials acknowledge.

« Is the principle that one growth point equals one income point still valid? Given the abnormal phenomena of the past four years, we can ask ourselves this question .

Regarding the criticisms raised by lawmakers, corporate tax revenue has always been the root of many problems. Eric Coquerel asks Bruno Le Maire about the impact of tax cuts on the company “They didn’t bring additional growth and therefore additional revenue.” For his part, Bruno Le Maire replied that “ We lowered the IS rate to 25% [from 33% in 2017], revenues rose from €31 billion in 2015 to €57 billion in 2023.”

In most of his speeches, Bruno Le Maire passionately defended the supply side policies implemented since 2017. « If we want to liberate our country's military, we must reduce taxes “He insisted. Accused of giving gifts to the richest by lowering capital taxes, the former minister of Bercy recalled his position in favor of a minimum taxation of the richest on a global scale.

« I am fighting for global taxes for the wealthiest people and the lowest corporate tax in the world. . Public finance expert Christine Pir è s Beaune, MP (PS), is skeptical of this economic policy and sharply responds: The promised runoff to everyone did not occur. However, runoff occurs in a small number of people .