THE ANNONCEMENT that taxe carbone will be set at ?17 a tonne has been met with strong criticism on how much it will cost to enforce and whether it will work.
The price of a litre of petrol will rise…
0 Read MoreFRESH dairy could start to disappear from supermarket shelves early next week after 30,000 French milk producers walked out on strike.
Independent milk producers? association APLI has called the str…
0 Read MoreOPPOSITION MPs have called for the resignation of Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux after he was caught on video making remarks about a man’s race during an UMP Party event in the south-west.
Introdu…
0 Read MoreTHE ?500 note should be scrapped to cut down on fraud, MPs have suggested.
The measure is one of 30 in a report by a cross-party group of MPs, presented to the National Assembly today.
“France shou…
0 Read MoreABOUT 2,000 women in France wear full Muslim dress in public according to the Interior Ministry ? six times more than police had estimated.
The figures are contained in a confidential report on the …
0 Read MoreMOBILE phone antennae and electricity pylons may be taxed as the government looks for ways to boost its budget after the business-based taxe professionnelle is scrapped.
Almost 50,000 phone masts acr…
0 Read MoreSIX unions are calling for a day of protest action on October 7.
The move is in connection with a worldwide day of action for ?decent work,? being called for by the International Trade Union Confed…
0 Read MoreHOUSEHOLDS could benefit from a cut in income tax to compensate for a new levy on carbon emissions from next year.
Prime Minister François Fillon said a tax reduction was ?one of the preferred opti…
0 Read MoreTAX-PAYERS in France who have bank accounts in other countries have been urged to come clean about them to the tax authorities.
Budget minister Eric Woerth believes between 100,000 and 150,000 people…
0 Read MoreA RESTAURANT owner claims his rivals subjected him to a campaign of bullying for passing a VAT cut on to his customers.
Philippe Brusa, who runs a sushi restaurant in Thonon-les-Bains in the Haute-Sa…
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