Property tax, drug trafficking, dangerous toys… Franceinfo’s news from Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Those informed debate the news surrounding Victor Matet.

The themes

Increase in property tax: This is one of the consequences that you certainly did not think about when installing a bathtub or sink in your home: the possible increase in your property tax. The Ministry of the Economy confirms that it will proceed with the automatic reassessment of certain criteria for the calculation of this tax, so-called comfort criteria.

Fight against drug trafficking: Drug trafficking affects large cities and small towns alike. The day after the funeral of Mehdi Kessaci, shot dead in Marseille, Emmanuel Macron once again pointed the finger at consumers in the Council of Ministers today, “it is sometimes the middle-class people in city centers who finance drug trafficking.” He also organized a crisis meeting on the subject at the Élysée yesterday morning. Is there a desire to take control of this subject?

The danger of marketplace toys: The Shein brand is once again in the news. Twelve French trade and industry federations are uniting for legal action against the Asian e-commerce giant, an unprecedented action for unfair competition. Competition with low prices but also sometimes illegal and dangerous objects. The European federation of professionals in the sector denounces the fact that 86% of toys controlled on platforms such as Shein or Temu present severe risks for the safety and health of children, such as risks of burns, suffocation or strangulation.

The guests

Elizabeth Pineau, senior reporter for the Reuters agency, correspondent for Matignon and the Élysée

Sylvain Courage, deputy editorial director of Nouvel Obs

Cautres Brun, political scientist, CNRS researcher at CEVIPOF, teacher at Sciences Po

Vincent de Féligonde, head of the “Ideas and debates” department of the newspaper La Croix