Patrick Vignal, MP LREM: "On the ISF, do not be afraid to say that we were wrong"

With the protest movement of yellow vests, Emmanuel Macron plays big. Despite the latest announcements from the executive, some are beginning to ask questions in the presidential majority. The removal, or rather the transformation of the Solidarity Tax on wealth (ISF) into real estate wealth tax (IFI) gave the head of state the image of "President of the rich." She sticks to his skin and comes back to each difficulty. LREM MP Bruno Bonnell, former business manager, set foot on the plate. He dares to discuss the idea of ​​a review of the reform.

The deputy LREM of the Hérault, Patrick Vignal (who is not related to the author of this interview, ed) supports his colleague. "If we realize, at the end of the day, that the reform of the ISF did not produce the expected effects, we must not forbid anything" says publicsenat.fr this son of a worker, former PS deputy . Patrick Vignal does not reject the idea of ​​the return of the ISF or a form of taxation for the richest. Interview.

LREM MP Bruno Bonnell wants to evaluate the effects of the reform of the ISF to verify if it benefits the French economy. Do you support his approach?
People say "they make gifts to the rich". It was not explained enough. So yes to the balance sheet of the ISF, as on the CICE. I am pleased that Bruno Bonnell, with a small group of deputies of different political colors, wants to do it. He is right to want to check.

We must look at the efficiency of the ISF. If this is not the case, it will be necessary to amend, discuss. I go further: France burns. It is a call to the responsibility of the business leaders that I launch. We are creating a society of sharing. I think the business world has to make an effort. Business leaders tell me "if we had to give a boost to society, I would do it".

There is really misery in France and it is a rich country. I am pleased to open the debate on ISF. Do not be afraid to say "we made a mistake and we have to amend". If we realize, at the end of the day, that the reform of the ISF has not produced the expected effects, we must not forbid anything.

Including restoring the ISF?
I am not to tax the rich in oneself. I want them to stay in France and invest. But I do not believe what I see. That's why I suggested to Bruno Bonnell to accompany him in his approach. With the 307 members of the LREM group, we could all verify regionally the effect of the reform of the ISF.

And if we see that this "bet" of the ISF does not work enough, should we go until his return?
Yes, or else amend the reform, for example by setting the tax at 30 or 50% of the old device. I believe in solidarity France. We must give to the common pot.

I also encourage my government to make a truce on rising fuel taxes. It is mandatory. There is also 90 billion euros of tax evasion. We have to get started. It is necessary to also review investment tax loopholes for the richest.

Are these doubts about the reform of the ISF shared by other deputies of the presidential majority?
If we start to be a small group of MPs who really want to change, the others will come. Politics is violent. It is a balance of power. At one point, there is also a balance of power with his political family. I'm just trying to tell my family that with yellow vests, we may have a chance not to be hated by 80% of the French, as happened with other governments. I'm waiting for that: an agile and flexible government. Not a government that is frozen.