Cacophony in government over taxation of corporate superprofits. On the one hand, Elisabeth Borne is not totally opposed to it while, on the other, Bruno Le Maire prefers to kick things, even stating that he “doesn’t know what a super profit is.” A position applauded by the bosses that she had come to know in the Medef REF.
Invited this morning to France Inter, the Prime Minister measured her words, without changing the background. “It’s hard to know who’s making super profits,” she explained.
“A company can increase its profits by 30% because it has had two bad years and is just now recovering the profitability it needs to invest and protect jobs”, added the Prime Minister.
In July, the deputies had narrowly rejected this tax on the “super profits” or “exceptional profits” of large companies. Amendments mainly from the leftist alliance, the Nupes and the National Group.
Call for corporate “responsibility”
“What we say, Bruno Le Maire like me, is that we want, as a priority, that companies that have no reason to increase their prices do not increase them and return purchasing power to the French. If they can lower prices, let them do it them,” added Elisabeth Borne.
The government leader also invited companies that can do so to “increase their workforce.”
“We will take stock at the end of the year to see if some companies have not listened to our message. I believe that companies are going to show responsibility. If some do not, we are not closing the door” on taxation, Elisabeth Borne threatened. .
Source: BFM TV
