towards the introduction of a tax on a European scale?

Who to pay for soaring energy costs? Elisabeth Borne has said she is ready, in recent days, to study the trail of taxation of companies that make superprofits. Idea rejected by Bercy but Emmanuel Macron decided on Monday, September 5. “Emmanuel Macron does not close the door to a tax on superprofits, even if he never uses this vocabulary. He is therefore on the same line as Elisabeth Borne”explains Anne Bourse from the Elysée Palace.

“The French president defends, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the idea of ​​a European contribution to the profits of energy companies which would then be redistributed to all countries. A way of standardizing European policy, at a time when Italy and Spain are implementing this tax. But for that, it will take the unanimity of the 27 countries. If there is no agreement, Emmanuel Macron said that a debate will take place at the level national level. He therefore effectively decided and referred the controversy to European level”she concludes.