Europeans: Raphaël Glucksmann wants to “impose taxation” on the super-rich on a European scale

The stated objective is nothing less than “reestablishing a sense of justice in our society”. The PS-Public Place candidate in the European elections Raphaël Glucksmann indicated this Friday that it wanted to “impose taxation on the highest assets across the European continent”, in order to finance in particular the ecological transition.

“We are in the process of collecting signatures all over Europe, with our German friends, with our Italian friends,” the candidate explained on franceinfo leading the left in the polls, two months before the election. “The challenge is not simply to restore the ISF in France”, the wealth tax abolished in 2018 by Emmanuel Macron, but “it is to have a tax on the scale of the European continent “, he detailed.

This tax would be aimed at the “richest 0.1%”, the only “multi-millionaires and billionaires” who “today (have) “a real tax rate which is in reality close to 0.5%” . “It is imperative to ensure that (they) contribute to the ecological and fiscal transition,” he said, promising that “they will not go to Dubai” to escape the measure, as his opponent of the presidential camp, the candidate Valérie Hayer. “There are millionaires who support our initiative and are even co-signatories,” he even assured.

Up to 200 billion euros for the “European budget”

The measure, which would take the form of a “European RIC” (citizen initiative referendum), aims to “supplement the European Union’s own resources”, so that the Twenty-Seven can emerge a “European budget” intended to invest “in social projects”, in particular against “climate collapse”, argued Raphaël Glucksmann. According to him, this targeted tax could bring 200 billion euros to Europe.

“We already need to obtain a million signatures so that the European Commission, in interaction with Parliament, can discuss the basis,” explained the Place Publique MEP. Brussels, however, has limited jurisdiction over direct taxation of individuals, unless it affects the internal market such as tax evasion or the taxation of savings. The subject also requires the unanimity of 27 members. Without this discouraging the MEP. “We will get there, together we will ensure that the European Union imposes this tax on the highest assets,” he said.

Superprofits “breaking all records”

Faced with a spiraling French deficit, Raphaël Glucksmann also spoke out in favor of taxing superprofits, an avenue that is debated within the majority. “The French government has tried more than to water down all the initiatives of the European Commission for a tax on superprofits,” he accused, estimating that Paris had until now been “rather a blocking factor” on this project. .

“When we have super profits in the process of breaking all records in the major CAC 40 groups, (…) it seems to me that the money to be fetched is much more from that side, rather from going for the rights unemployed,” he also criticized, referring to the reform of unemployment insurance envisaged by the executive.