While the government has requested an effort of 40 billion euros from the French in 2026, claiming that there will be no increase in taxes, the president of the Court of Auditors wants to put everyone to contribution and wishes “efforts of the French”. © Capture X @BFMTV – Pierre Moscovici wants to use all French people. Save save Receive the budget alerts of the savings to be made, but no tax increase. This is in essence the message sent by the government in the context of the development of the 2026 budget. And for this, the Minister of the Economy warned: we will have to make a “considerable gesture”, and France will have to make “an additional effort of 40 billion euros” next year. Since the beginning of the week, the government has provided the after-sales service of this presentation, Eric Lombard and his minister responsible for public accounts reiterating that there would be no tax increase. However, how to make these savings? Amélie de Montchalin spoke of the idea of sorting into tax niches, removing those which only benefit from some or which are ineffective. Sufficient ? Guest of BFMTV on April 15, the president of the Court of Auditors, Pierre Moscovici, recalls that there is in France a compulsory “very high” levy rate. And that “we cannot continue to use the tax lever as a priority”. Read also: Budget 2026: The government announces an effort of 40 billion euros, which will drink? No “taboos” on taxation but how to master debt and absorb our deficits? Does this go “through savings on public expenditure”? However, the former Minister of Economy and Finance warns. It does not affirm today that it is necessary to “free yourself from any effort of compulsory sample”, for three reasons. The first being linked to a question of financial return. The second is a question of equity and justice and the third a problem of political feasibility. But then, what are the most effective solutions? “All French people must make efforts, up to the contributory capacity,” says Pierre Moscovici, for whom there must not be “taboos” on taxation. Read also: taxes, defense … The government timidly lifts the veil on the 2026 seniors, retirees, unemployed budget, which could be used? Following the words of the tenant of Bercy, the secretary general of the CGT has already denounced a budgetary policy deemed inequitable. “It’s always up to the same to make efforts,” said Sophie Binet, who called to use the richest. Receive our latest news every day, selecting the main news of the day. (tagstotranslate) Budget