Eric Coquerel on the Ministry of Finance to seek the advice of paperwork on the taxation of the very wealthy, after the declarations of Eric Lombard | EUROtoday

The president of the finance committee of the National Assembly, Eric Coquerel (Seine-Saint-Denis, La France insoumise), introduced that he would go to the Ministry of the Economy and Finance on Friday, January 16, to seek the advice of administration paperwork on the “taxation of the ultra-rich”. He will go to Bercy round 2 p.m., the place a press briefing is deliberate, and may go away round 4 p.m., his groups specify.

It all began with a press release from former Minister of the Economy Eric Lombard, who stated on Tuesday in an interview with Releaseon the premise of labor by the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) that “thousands” of taxpayers among the many wealthiest, “have a reference tax income of zero” And “pay no income tax”. These declarations provoked sturdy reactions within the political area on the left, and relaunched the talk on the taxation of the best property.

The Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, should converse on the finish of the day and continues to be looking for to seek out an settlement on the 2026 draft finances with the Socialists which might keep away from censure, resigning himself to adoption and not using a vote.

Similar request from the Senate

On the premise of Eric Lombard’s statements, Eric Coquerel requested, on Tuesday, the federal government to speak to him components “which were able to establish this observation, whether notes, analyzes or figures developed by the services” of the DGFiP.

“There is nowhere written in Bercy the names of people who would have very low reference tax income. On the other hand, we know that it exists”assured the Minister of Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, on Friday.

The presidents of the Senate Finance Committee, Claude Raynal (Socialist Party) and Jean-François Husson (Les Républicains), had despatched an analogous request to Bercy. Asked by Agence France-Presse, Mr. Husson clarified that he “wouldn’t be there”. But “we will have communication of the documents consulted by Eric Coquerel as quickly as possible”he clarified.