Public deficit: The Republicans "will not hesitate" to file a motion of censure in the event of a tax increase, warns Eric Ciotti
The boss of the Republicans, Eric Ciotti, brandished the threat of a motion of censure against the government in the National Assembly on Saturday April 6, particularly in the event of a tax increase. In an interview with Parisian, Lhe deputy for Alpes-Maritimes fixed the “red lines” of the party on the management of the deficit, which reached 5.5% of GDP in 2023, beyond which the deputies “will not hesitate” to file a motion of censure. In addition to a tax increase, he cited his categorical refusal to deindex pensions or even health expenditure, which “must not constitute the adjustment variable for government errors”.
Eric Ciotti nevertheless did not move forward on the timetable for this opposition strategy. He said he was ready to take “responsibilities when the time comes”without “fear the judgment of voters” in the event of a dissolution of the Assembly if the government was overthrown.
Asked about the tracks of “taxation of annuities” considered by the government in a context of budgetary slippage, Eric Ciotti said “refuse forcefully to add tax to tax even though we are the country with the heaviest levies in the world.”
The party has long brandished this threat of censoring the government, but until now it has largely refrained from joining the vote on the motions of censure tabled by the opposition during the examination of the latest draft laws. finances.
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