Cedric Fouriscot: “The French people in New York are at home here at the Consulate. They are welcome”
In his opening, Cédrik Fouriscot recalled the dynamics of the work of the Consulate General of France, especially for the reception of new French residents and the French community in general in New York (+33% registered in 3 years), the economic diplomacy with the connection of French entrepreneurs and American investors, and the promotion of French women who shine in New York, regardless of their field of activity.
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Roland Lescure: “I feel like a well-elected MP, able to carry your voice and be heard. “
Roland Lescure first welcomed the exceptional electoral participation in the last European and legislative elections which showed the efficiency and responsiveness of the Consulate’s services in terms of organization, especially with online voting.
With a high level of participation and more than 50,000 votes cast for his name, Roland Lescure feels like a well-chosen deputy, who can take his voice to the National Assembly and the ministry of Paris.
New York is the second French community in North America after Montreal, and it is in New York that Roland Lescure launched his first election campaign in 2017, in this same room of the Consulate General.
Roland Lescure spoke about the commemoration ceremonies of the October 7 attack and all the effects that mark the history of the world, and also the French community abroad because two French hostages are still to be released.
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“I don’t think our current legislature will last five years”
Regarding the new government led by Michel Barnier, Roland Lescure emphasized that although he did not have an absolute majority, this government did not have an absolute majority against him either, as he had just recovered his first move to censorship.
Roland Lescure strongly believes in the coalition process even if he regrets that the current coalition could not be wider, due to the lack of a part of the left that was want to participate in it. Deficit reduction must focus on reducing public spending rather than increasing taxes, according to him, even if he recognizes that the current budget exercise is particularly difficult to implement.
The digitization of identity, the dematerialization of passports, the generalization of electronic voting, are among the operational priorities of Roland Lescure who also pointed out that the election period currently taking place in the United States is proving at least as exciting as the political situation. in France and that its result will be of great importance to the history of the world.
The MP then engaged in a question and answer game with the chamber in a completely free manner and without any taboo subject.
“It is not easy to postpone taxes in this period. Anyway, we’ll keep working on this.”
In fact, the taxes of French citizens living abroad have been the subject of several questions, in particular a question on the CSG/CRDS that affects income from rental properties in France, or at LePetitJournal .com on how the housing tax applies. the fallback residence in France.
Referring to the current difficult budget context that makes it difficult to eliminate the CSG/CRDS tax, Roland Lescure recalled that a certain progress was obtained, which makes the tax possible to remove this from American taxes, including retroactivity.
For the housing tax, the adoption at the beginning of the year of a change in accommodation to fall back, on the initiative of some representatives of the French people living abroad, is a first step towards general recognition on the return of accommodation, which could later establish the framework for partial or total tax exemptions, even if the current budget situation is not favorable for such developments.
2024-10-14 21:30:00
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