2026 Budget: "The idea is not to increase taxes," says Economy Minister Éric Lombard

"There will be no overall tax increase," Lombard said, six weeks before the government's deadline to present its budgetary choices, in a context of fragile growth and a trade war.

"The idea is not to increase taxes" and "we want fiscal stability," Economy Minister Éric Lombard said on France 2 on Thursday, when asked about the preparation of the 2026 budget.