2023-08-29 10:12:56
Welcoming the “assumed pro-business” position of the Prime Minister, the boss of bosses regretted the persistent disagreement around the abolition of the CVAE, postponed by the government.
Can do better. The day after the Prime Minister spoke at the meeting of entrepreneurs in France – Ref 2023 -, at the Longchamps racecourse, the boss of bosses was cautious. Asked about BFM Business this Tuesday morning, Patrick Martin first welcomed the position “pro-business assumedby Élisabeth Borne, adding, however, to remaina little on [sa] hunger“, at this stage, on several burning issues.
Unsurprisingly, the president of Medef remains headwind against the postponement of the abolition of the CVAE, yet promised by the executive on many occasions. The position of France, and its reluctance to lower taxes, weighs on its attractiveness, while the United States increases its investments, or that Germany, “by tens of billions of euros, subsidizes foreign investments on its territory“, pleaded Patrick Martin. “France is not an island“, and postponing the abolition of the CVAE risks taking “late” in the country. Many companies had also integrated the deletion into their decisions, “including investments“, underlined the representative of the employers. “When something is said, […] we integrate it, and we take it literally and figuratively at face value“, he hammered.
A little earlier, its vice-president, Fabrice Le Saché, said he felt a “brake on” of the activity. In this context, “this is not a good signalTo go back on the word given, while business leaders were counting on the abolition of the CVAE, he noted. The representative also denounced a “stroke in the contract“, emphasizing that the tax cuts generated tax revenue for the State, thanks to the economic dynamics generated.
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The company, “a solution”
Similarly, the Medef intends to jealously defend the excess reserves of Unédic, which the State would covet to bail out its own accounts. “Essentially, these surpluses are due to job creation and wage increases by companies», et «two-thirds of Unédic’s revenue comes from company contributions“argued Patrick Martin. In addition, surpluses must translate in part into “reductions in unemployment contributions, currently paid only by companies“, he added, and Unédic must get out of debt. So many points that the government should take into account.
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However, despite these tensions, the Medef wishes to remain constructive and “in a relationship of trustwith the state. “Inevitably, we have disagreements […] but the attitude in which I position myself […] is that the company is seen as a solution“, pleaded its president. It remains to be seen whether Bruno Le Maire will be able to reassure employers: the Minister of Economy and Finance is expected firmly at 11:30 a.m. this Tuesday, during a “conversationat REF.
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