Elisabeth Borne will preach energy sobriety to entrepreneurs

While Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is due to speak at the Medef summer school on Monday August 29, the question of a tax on superprofits is on the table. This is a very sensitive issue for big bosses. The measure had been narrowly rejected at the end of July in the Assembly, but in the end it is still on the table, since Élisabeth Borne declared in Le Parisien that she “don’t close the door” to this tax.

A statement that sounds a bit like a threat, even if the Prime Minister assures that she rather encourages companies to lower prices or give purchasing power to employees. But the subject of his speech, Monday, August 29, is energy sobriety. It should call companies to general mobilization, with an objective of reducing energy consumption by 10% within two years. The government does not rule out taking binding measures, says France Télévisions journalist Elsa Assalit.