McKinsey case: “We initiated a tax audit even before the Senate report”

Emmanuel Macron defended himself on Tuesday for having used consulting firms for public policies. Its detractors criticize it for the numerous contracts signed by the State with firms, in particular the American McKinsey. Invited to Europe Matin on Wednesday, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire affirmed that Bercy “undertook a tax audit” on the McKinsey firm “even before the Senate report”.

“Emmanuel Macron fought for five years against tax evasion, tax optimization, he implemented the taxation of digital people and we even took sanctions from Mr. Trump at the time. He was the chief of European State which carried with the most force the minimum taxation on the largest companies”, detailed Bruno Le Maire before affirming “to understand that the President of the Republic, who was at the forefront of the fight, is annoyed by the fact that the oppositions have nothing else to eat.”

“The only project of the oppositions is to destabilize Emmanuel Macron”

The Minister of Economy and Finance also assured that Bercy took the lead, even before the publication of the Senate report. “We initiated a tax audit on McKinsey before the Senate report because we were not born yesterday and we know that large international companies make very large profits in France,” he said before. to insist.

“Let’s put some reason and clarity back into this file because I see once again a lot of excitement and annoyance on the part of the opposition, who see the first round coming and wonder what they could do to destabilize Emmanuel Macron. Because basically, it’s their only project.”

The Minister of the Economy finally maintained that the McKinsey firm “will pay all the taxes it owes to France, ruby ​​on the nail.”