“There is no plan at all to increase taxes on alcohol”, asserted Elisabeth Borne this Wednesday noon, guest of France Bleu, sweeping away with the back of the hand what had nevertheless been envisaged by the government over the summer. “I think it can be said very clearly: this is not part of the government’s tracks. We are not going to change this rule”, she continued on this subject.
In mid-July, this idea had indeed been put “on the table” of the negotiations, according to information from Context confirmed to Figaro by the Ministry of the Economy. At the time, this initiative, although at the draft stage, had been put forward as being to be presented and studied next September during the examination in Parliament of the Social Security financing bill for 2024.
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