Transport Minister Clément Beaune’s crusade to increase green taxes

2023-06-23 19:10:52
Par Richard Flurin

Published on 06/23/2023 at 15:00, Updated on 06/23/2023 at 19:10

Minister Clément Beaune claims to belong to the left wing of the presidential majority. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP

DECRYPTION – Contrary to the policy of lowering taxes defended by Emmanuel Macron since 2017, the former socialist is stepping up tax offensives. And assumes with Le Figaro a desire for “justice”.

The transport portfolio should allow it to “doing ecology for real”, in his own words. And it is clear that, a year after taking office, Clément Beaune has given himself the means to achieve his ambitions. Over the months, the list of “favorable arbitrationsto his ministry never ends: a plan for the future for public transport of 100 billion euros, a new bicycle plan of 2 billion euros, a plan for rail freight of 200 million euros by year until 2030… Unheard of for transport.

These significant credits allocated to him have logically encouraged the minister, not one to spend lavishly, to seek new financial resources. The government wants to definitively turn the page of the “whatever it costsand raise the budget bar. There is no question, however, of returning to the presidential tax haul. Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne repeated this during her concluding speech at the Assises…

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