PARIS: France's Socialist government reaffirmed on Thursday it would not resort to tax rises to bring its public deficit within EU limits, a day after Brussels gave it three months to do more to consolidate its finances.
Asked on France 2 television whether there would be tax rises, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said: "No, that is very clear - there will be no tax rises."
Le Foll said France would achieve the budget consolidation through savings "in all sectors" except defence, where he said spending had been ringfenced.
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