[HIGHLIGHTS] France's debt: faced with deficits, the majority divided on tax increases

France's public deficit represents in 2023, 5.6% of the country's GDP instead of the 4.9% which was planned. A forecast error which sows doubt in the presidential majority.

While Emmanuel Macron has always refused to increase taxes, some want the executive to reverse this promise for companies making “super profits” Even Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, now says he is “open to discussions”. “There should be no taboo!” even declared the President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet.