The Minister of Ecological Transition and Energy, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, said on Friday that the government would propose it via an amendment to the finance bill.
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What’s wrong with the government? The Minister of the Budget, Laurent Saint-Martin, said he was not “not favorable” to an increase in taxes on gas, Saturday October 12 on TF1. The Minister of Ecological Transition and Energy, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, said on Friday that the government was going to propose it via an amendment to the finance bill.
Agnès Pannier-Runacher “said that there would perhaps be amendments on the increase in gas taxation”said Laurent Saint-Martin on Saturday. He observed that the finance bill presented this week “does not contain a tax increase on gas” and declared that he was not “not favorable” to this eventuality.
The government also plans in its finance bill presented on Thursday to increase electricity taxation to a level which allows “guarantee the consumer a 9% reduction in the regulated sales price in 2025 from February 1”.
It is counting on the drop in electricity costs on the markets to absorb the increase in the electricity tax, which will mark the exit from the tariff shield put in place during the energy crisis from the end of 2021 to contain the bills of French.