Macron "prefers the taxation of fuel to that of labor"

President Emmanuel Macron "badumes perfectly" the increase in taxation on diesel while understanding the doubts of the French on the issue of purchasing power, in an interview to newspapers Ebra group to be published Monday. "I fully badume that the taxation of diesel is at the level of that of gasoline and I prefer the taxation of fuel to the taxation of work," said the head of state in this interview conducted this Sunday before begin an unprecedented presidential journey across eastern and northern France to celebrate the centenary of the end of the First World War.

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"The same people who complain about rising fuel prices, are also demanding that we fight against air pollution because their children suffer from diseases," added the President of the Republic, adding that "the increase in the price at the pump that we see today is linked to 70% that of oil prices. "We've been told for decades that you have to buy diesel and now it's the opposite. It is normal that this is misunderstood, "he agrees while the discontent rises among the French on the issues of rising fuel prices and purchasing power in general.

A petition signed by over 700,000 people

In this interview, Emmanuel Macron says that "yes," he understands the doubts, anger and impatience of the French. "I respect them and I do not say as in the past:" Suffer in silence, it will get better. "The President of the Republic also badumes his" share of responsibility ". "I speak to the French with my character, with my way of doing things. When they are worried, I have some responsibility: I do not explain it well enough. But I was elected on a clear, unambiguous project and I will be accountable for a long time, "he says. "You can not pretend to change everything in fifteen months, it takes time. In the meantime, we must leave the fatality to those who give in to ease, "adds the president who, a year and a half after his arrival at the Elysee, is at the lowest in the polls.

The protest against the increase in fuel prices, including a petition signed by more than 700,000 people, has recently crystallized around a call for blocking roads on November 17. Three-quarters of French people (78%) said they support this movement, according to an Odoxa-Dentsu Consulting survey conducted for franceinfo and Le Figaro aired Thursday. In addition, 76% of French people believe that the increase in taxes on fuel and heating oil is a bad thing and 80% of them believe that increases in taxes on petroleum products will have a high impact on their power to 'purchase.