The “Zucman tax” on the heritage of the extremely -ties was rejected by the Senate | EUROtoday

The “Zucman tax” on the heritage of the extremely -ties was rejected by the Senate
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The Ecologist Senator of Val-de-Marne Pascal Savoldelli participated in a demonstration in front of the Senate, before the vote of the

In entrance of the Luxembourg Garden, a stone’s throw from the Senate, the activists of Oxfam, Attac and 350.org had put in, within the morning of Thursday, June 12, the effigies of Bernard Arnault and Vincent Bolloré Slaming “Tax me!” »» Or “2 %is nothing for us!” »». The taking place and the strain put by the left did nothing. Adopted on the National Assembly at first studying on February 20, the proposal for the heritage of the Ultrariches, impressed by the economist Gabriel Zucman and offered by the Ecologists, was rejected with out enchantment by the senators.

Supported by the entire left, the textual content geared toward establishing a 2 % flooring tax on the heritage of the 1,800 French holding greater than 100 million euros has come up in opposition to the resolute hostility of the correct and assist from the federal government. Only 129 senators – together with some centrists – took a place in his favor, confronted with 188 votes in opposition to. In committee, the proposal had already been rejected by the senators, together with in a model the place the speed would have been restricted to 1 % of the property.

Is the “Zucman tax” buried? Probably not. The left is just too resulting from this proposal, one of many few new concepts that appeared inside it in recent times and arousing unanimity. After the rejection of the Senate, the Ecologists, the Socialist Party, the Communists or La France rebellious can relaunch the examination of the textual content as a part of one in every of their parliamentary niches.

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