While the two-year suspension of the Franco-Luxembourg tax agreement obtained after cross-border commuters saw their taxes soar is popular with some, it is badly experienced by others. Indeed, this unexpected government about-face took hold of the public finance centers of Metz, Thionville and Hayange, which are the main contributors. On October 12, the strike of agents “heavily impacted” by this decision in a context of restructuring with the imminent merger of the public finance centers of Thionville and Hayange and “lack of resources” – “70 positions are currently vacant in Moselle ”, according to Philippe Ostrogorski of the Union syndicale Solidaires Finances Publiques – gave rise to a towing operation Monday, October 25 in Thionville. Union representatives from all sides have targeted taxpayers, emphasizing the “absurdity” of the situation. “In June, nearly 50,000 declarations from Franco-Luxembourg cross-border workers were taken manually by the agents so that the taxes were established on time. Today we have to redo the work backwards for 25,000 declarations… initially, ”denounces Sylvie Pineiro, FO departmental secretary.
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