The almost scheduled end of the TV license fee sounds like the end of an era. But, depending on the point of view, it is more or less well received.
The audiovisual license fee could soon fall into the limbo of History, like the housing tax, which will no longer be paid by any household in main residence in France in 2023. The abolition of this tax, paid each year by citizens who have a television set or an equivalent device (recorder and others) in their homes, could indeed intervene very quickly.
The government wants to speed up the abolition of the TV license fee
Joint proposal of candidates Marine Le Pen, Éric Zemmour and re-elected President Emmanuel Macron, the abolition of the TV license fee could experience a boost. The executive is indeed making it a priority a few weeks before the legislative elections, which promise to be tense for the outgoing majority.
The government would like to abolish the contribution to public broadcasting this year, as indicated in the report of the Council of Ministers of Wednesday, May 11. ” The contribution to public broadcasting will be permanently abolished this year, and the financing of public broadcasting will be ensured in accordance with the constitutional objective of pluralism and independence of the media. “, can we read.
The will of the executive is very real, and therefore, it is very likely that you will no longer have to pay this contribution, if you are one of the 23 million households concerned, from next year.
A saving of 138 euros per year sufficient?
If you pay the TV license fee, the end of this tax would allow you to save 138 euros, provided you live in mainland France, or 88 euros if you live in an overseas department. Each year, the contribution brings in some 3 billion euros net per year to the French State.
It makes it possible to finance, by a payment from the tax authorities, what are called ” public radio and television stations », In other words, France Télévisions, Radio France, Arte France, RFI, RFO and the National Audiovisual Institute (INA).
A question now arises: what should we think of this deletion? In a strictly economic sense, the French consumer who declares having a television set will save 138 euros, enough to offset part (only part) of the rise in the cost of living in recent months and years. In a symbolic sense, it will deprive public broadcasting of fundamental resources and of relative independence vis-à-vis advertisers, even if many have questioned, in recent years, its dependence vis-à-vis “power”. , particularly in the process of appointing directors.
And for you, is the abolition of the audiovisual license fee good or bad news?
Sources: France TV Info, Servicepublic.fr
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