“It would not be shocking to ask for an exceptional contribution” from TotalEnergies, reaffirms Olivier Marleix

“If it were necessary, to contribute to a significant reduction in the cost of fuel for our compatriots, to put a little more Total to contribution, that would not shock us” reaffirmed Olivier Marleix the leader of the Les Républicains group in the National Assembly, Wednesday July 20 on franceinfo. “It would not be shocking to ask for an exceptional contribution”adds the leader of the LR parliamentarians.

The idea of ​​a tax on “super profits” is gaining ground in the political class, including in the presidential majority. More surprisingly, the Republicans do not oppose it either. Olivier Marleix had already said on Tuesday that he had “no hostility to the law making more use of oil companies, if necessary”.

A position that he reaffirms at the microphone of franceinfo. He does not believe in the idea of ​​a tax on “super profits” in general, on the other hand, he does not see with a bad eye that: “You have oil companies or energy companies which have oil supply contracts, which have seen their situation improve considerably due to the price of Brent. So, from that one, we could possibly ask for a contribution.“

Olivier Marleix explains in particular that he is thinking of TotalEnergies, which has “a fairly healthy financial situation overall thanks to the evolution of the price of oil. So, it would not be shocking to ask for an exceptional contribution in one way or another.”