France Wants Tax Cuts: That’s the Message From Macron Town Halls

The French want to pay less tax.

That was the clear message that emerged from a two-month “Great Debate” that saw voters present their grievances and suggest remedies to President Emmanuel Macron.

“There’s an exasperation about taxes,” Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in Paris April 8, as he was presented with a study outlining the findings of the national debate. “The clear message is that taxes must fall and fall fast.”

Other findings were that the French want a better balance between economic development in large cities and the struggling regions, and that French democracy should be more “transparent and ...