– 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 was having an affair with actress Julie Gayet, promising… Read More ›
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French court approves 75 percent company tax on high salaries / one million euros ($1.35 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 pay at a time of economic hardship. The… Read More ›
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 unpopular leader. To the anger of others who… Read More ›
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 party is gaining strength. Laurent Lopez defeated center-right UMP… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
François Hollande calls for ‘European political union’ within two years; Calls for a more federal Europe
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 two years. Stung by accusations that he has been too… Read More ›
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’ Getty Images In a… Read More ›
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 businesses rather than on individuals. In the interview with France… Read More ›
French budget minister Had a secret Swiss bank account, from which funds were transferred to Singapore
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 terminate his responsibilities and accept his resignation. According to French media reports Bernard Cazeneuve has been… Read More ›
French first lady accused of ’embezzlement’ for funding lavish lifestyle with taxpayers’ money… despite not actually being married to president
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 of all heads of state’ Says tax shouldn’t ‘house, feed, fund woman… Read More ›
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 first time. David Cameron won… Read More ›
‘France is totally bankrupt’: French employment minister Michel Sapin embarrasses President Francois Hollande with shocking statement on state of the country’s economy
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 Michel Sapin has admitted the country is “totally bankrupt”. The unexpected news… Read More ›
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 armed forces launch Mali operation * French carry out… Read More ›
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 make the rich contribute more to cutting the… Read More ›
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 minister on Sunday, The New York… Read More ›
David Cameron has been told he cannot “repatriate” powers from Brussels to Britain because membership of the European Union is “for life”.
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 in Brussels 2:27PM GMT 14… Read More ›
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 President, François Hollande, was back in the headlines today when a libel suit… Read More ›
Nicolas Sarkozy ‘could be placed under investigation’ : Janet Napolitano, US Secretary of Homeland Security, did not deny the Elysee Palace hacking allegations
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 number of investigations Photo: AP By Peter Allen, Paris 3:01PM… Read More ›
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 after reports that his policy … Read More ›
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. Francois Hollande is facing a nationwide revolt by business leaders… Read More ›
France makes billion euro tax claim against Google: report
31Oct2012 PARIS (AFP)French tax authorities have made a billion-euro ($1.3 billion) claim against Google to pressure it in a dispute over compensation to media websites, a French newspaper reported, a claim denied by the US Internet giant’s local arm. The… Read More ›
French business erupts in fury against “disastrous” François Hollande
France is sliding into a grave economic crisis and risks a full-blown “hurricane” as investors flee rocketing tax rates, the country’s business federation has warned. Francois Hollande is tightening fiscal policy by 2pc of GDP next year to meet EU… Read More ›
Francois Hollande ‘shared’ his mistress Valerie Trierweiler with Sarkozy minister
Francois Hollande “shared” his mistress Valerie Trierweiler with a minister from Nicolas Sarkozy’s government in a Jules et Jim-style relationship, a new biography on France’s first lady claims. Supposedly Mr Devedjian hesitated so much that Trierweiler let herself to be… Read More ›
Selling ‘panic’ on France’s luxury property market as millionaires rush to flee looming tax hikes
More than 400 €1million homes put on the market in Paris since socialist Francois Hollande elected to power France’s super-rich are looking to relocate to ‘wealth-friendly’ countries like Britain Recruitment agency for high-paid banking jobs in London sees increase in… Read More ›
Thousands take to the streets of Paris in move described by government minister as ‘fundamental error’ against austerity
French protesters march in ‘resistance’ to austerity Kim Willsher in Pars The Guardian, Sunday 30 September 2012 11.48 EDT Protesters carry a banner reading ‘no to austerity’ at a march in Paris. Photograph: Michel Euler/AP Thousands of demonstrators took to the… Read More ›
France’s richest man applies to become Belgian to escape 75 per cent tax rate
By Peter Allen PUBLISHED:05:13 EST, 9 September 2012| UPDATED:09:50 EST, 9 September 2012 Bernard Arnault has applied for Belgian nationality France’s richest man has applied for Belgian nationality – as the Socialist government in his home country raises the tax… Read More ›
Greece may sell off islands amid privatization scheme: report
By Stephen C. Webster Thursday, August 23, 2012 12:32 EDT Topics: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras ♦ privatization scheme ♦ uninhabited islands The Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said this week that the country is willing to sell off its… Read More ›
