“We have to stop annoying the French,” denounces Olivier Faure, first secretary of the Socialist Party

“You still have to take the money where it is and that you stop pissing off the French”denounces Olivier Faure on franceinfo Monday July 7. Asked about the tracks to find 40 billion euros in savings, in the next budget, the first secretary of the Socialist Party calls to tax the richest and to seek “Structural savings”.

“The 500 richest families in France have a heritage that went from 600 billion from euros to 1,200 billion euros. They won 600 billion euros in heritage “insists Olivier Faure, “And now it is all the French that we ask 40 billion. There is a moment when it is still necessary that we take the money where he is and that we stop annoying the French”. Olivier Faure especially pleads in favor of the Zucman tax, named after an economist who offers to tax 2% on heritage exceeding 100 million euros, a proposal which was rejected by the Senate.

The socialist leader also denounces economies “who are made with a plane, with the serpe blindly”. He says he is ready to “Look at the savings in the long term (…) looking, each time, what have become unnecessary over time, it takes time”.