French abroad, the government backs down

<h4>The French government may be backtracking on its decision to raise taxes on French expatriates&amp;period; Gérald Darmanin&amp;comma; Minister of Action and Public Accounts&amp;comma; has called for the suspension of a decree allowing this increase in social contributions, which would pose a problem of&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;fairness&amp;period;<&sol;h4>&amp;NewLine;<p>This decree had aroused the ire of deputies representing French nationals living abroad, who found it unfair&amp;period; This famous decree dates from December 30, 2017&amp;period; It provides for an increase in social security contributions for French expatriates&amp;period; In fact&amp;comma; this increase makes it possible to pass on the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;1&amp;comma;7 point&amp;comma; CGS increase in force since January 1&amp;comma; on to these expatriates&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>The CSG, or Contribution Sociale Généralisée, contributes to the financing of social protection&amp;period; This tax is paid by all persons resident in France&amp;period; According to its detractors&amp;comma; this new tax would create a discrepancy to the disadvantage of French nationals living abroad&amp;period; It would weigh particularly heavily on the purchasing power of expatriates who&amp;comma; often&amp;comma; receive small pensions&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>Put under pressure&amp;comma; Gérald Darmanin has therefore asked the Prime Minister&amp;comma; Edouard Philippe&amp;comma; to suspend him&amp;comma; for the time it takes to find an alternative&amp;period; The Public Accounts Minister's about-face has been welcomed by MPs representing the interested parties&amp;period; Anne Genetet&amp;comma; the République en Marche MP&amp;comma; is expected to work on a fairer solution&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rfi&period;fr&sol;economie&sol;20180213-france-fiscalite-francais-etranger-hausse-csg-cotisation-maladie-equite" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;