The decline in unemployment is partly due to lower expenses, according Medef – L’Express

While employment center reported Wednesday a 0.5% decrease in the number of unemployed in July metropolis, Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux, vice president delegate of the Medef, said the BFM Business that there was indeed “a trend (…) for a year,” rejecting the idea of ​​a fall in sham.

The employers responsible attributes this decline to the “efforts” such as the tax credit for Competitiveness and Employment (CICE) “who did restore growth,” as well as “elements exogenous “as low interest rates and oil prices.

“This is a sign that when we lower business costs, beyond the depot, it is something happening,” he argued, adding that the withdrawal of unemployment had not intervened earlier because according to him “extraordinary prudence of entrepreneurs”, stung by frequent taxation turnovers.

The fall of the SI: an “electoral coup”

He also expressed support for the decline in corporate tax for SMEs announced by Manuel Valls Tuesday ( “we can not be against a tax cut”), while doubting that the measure, described as “electoral coup”, has a significant effect on the economy.

“Business leaders say (…):” there is an election in a year, it will surely change (…), so I (…) I will not invest because it is not as durable, as we know that it’s permanent zigzag … “”.

He also pleaded for the finance bill, the state budget voted annually to Parliament, gives way to a “multiannual programming” in order to give more visibility to companies .