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IMF warns over-taxed France risks slipping behind Italy and Spain
The International Monetary Fund has told France to take urgent measures to head off national economic decline, warning that the country risks being left behind as southern Europe embraces reform....
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Actor Gerard Depardieu joins French tax exiles in Belgium
President Hollande blamed for driving out a ‘national treasure’ with planned 75 per cent top tax rate LAST UPDATED AT 16:06 ON Fri 9 Nov 2012 FRENCH President Francois Hollande is under fire...
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Nicolas Sarkozy ‘could be placed under investigation’ : Janet Napolitano, US...
Nicolas Sarkozy faces the humiliating prospect of being placed under formal criminal investigation when he appears before a judge on Thursday to answer corruption charges. Nicolas Sarkozy is facing a...
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Hollande accused of interfering with partner’s defamation case
French President’s letter defending Valerie Trierweiler in ‘love triangle’ law suit sparks fury Anne Penketh Monday, 10 December 2012 Valérie Trierweiler, the journalist partner of the French...
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David Cameron has been told he cannot “repatriate” powers from Brussels to...
Europe is ‘for life’, Francois Hollande tells David Cameron in EU power spat David Cameron has been rebuked by France over his plans to repatriate powers from the EU By Tim Ross, and Bruno Waterfield...
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Tax This! Depardieu gives up French Citizenship
Monday, 17 December 2012 The actor Gérard Depardieu will be French no more, so exasperated is he with French taxes and the French government, he declared in an angry open letter to France’s prime...
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France’s High Court: 75% Tax is Unconstitutional
Sunday, 30 December 2012 France’s Constitutional Council on Saturday rejected a 75 percent upper income tax rate to be introduced in 2013 in a setback to Socialist President Francois Hollande’s push to...
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France launches air strike in Mali
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:47 GMT Reuters France’s President Francois Hollande leaves after delivering a statement on the situation in Mali at the Elysee Palace in Paris. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer * French...
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‘France is totally bankrupt’: French employment minister Michel Sapin...
Unexpected news came during a radio interview yesterday and calls into further question Hollande’s controversial ‘tax and spend’ policies John Hall Tuesday, 29 January 2013 France’s employment minister...
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EU Budget deal struck with £16billion sweeteners
The full extent of £16billion in “sweeteners” paid to European Union member states to secure their support for last month’s decision to make a historic cut in the union’s budget can be revealed for the...
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French first lady accused of ‘embezzlement’ for funding lavish lifestyle with...
Valerie Trierweiler is accused of being just Francois Hollande’s ‘mistress’ Accusations made in criminal court complaint by millionaire Xavier Kemlin He claims she makes France the ‘laughing stock...
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French budget minister Had a secret Swiss bank account, from which funds were...
French budget minister resigns amid investigation © Flickr.com/hounddog32/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 French President Francois Hollande has granted a request by the French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac to...
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French president finds loophole to impose 75% tax on rich
Saturday, 30 March 2013 The 75% super-tax on the mega-rich, which was rejected by France’s constitutional court might be imposed anyway. French President Francois Hollande suggests laying the burden on...
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François Hollande rocked as minister confesses to lying over tax evasion
Former Budget Minister admits he had €600,000 in an illegal offshore bank account Paris Tuesday 02 April 2013 1 / 1 Jerome Cahuzac, former French finance minister: ‘I was caught up in a spiral of lies’...
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François Hollande calls for ‘European political union’ within two years;...
John Lichfield Thursday, 16 May 2013 A beleagured President François Hollande went on the offensive today calling for an “economic government” for the Eurozone and “political union” in Europe within...
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French carbon tax to yield 4 bln euros in 2016 – PM
Source: Reuters – Sat, 21 Sep 2013 03:53 PM * French PM says carbon tax to be ramped up after 2014 start * Ayrault says zero impact on households from fuel in 2014 * PM also flags nuclear power levy to...
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French Far-Right Candidate Scores Election Win
PARIS October 13, 2013 (AP) A candidate of France’s far-right National Front won a run-off vote in a local election Sunday that drew widespread attention amid signs that the once-shunned anti-immigrant...
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Hollande booed at war dead commemorations in Paris “Red Bonnet Revolt”
11 Nov 2013 Paris (AFP) A solemn event presided over by French President Francois Hollande to remember those who died in World War I turned into a shouting match Monday after protesters booed the...
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French court approves 75 percent company tax on high salaries / one million...
France’s top court on Sunday approved a proposal for companies to pay 75 percent tax on annual salaries exceeding one million euros in line with President Francois Hollande’s drive to limit executive...
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French magazine reveals Hollande ‘affair’ with actress
- Hollande routinely drives through Paris on his scooter to spend the night with his 41-year-old mistress 10 Jan 2014 Paris (AFP) French magazine Closer on Friday said President Francois Hollande...
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