French Prime Minister Michel Barnier announces tax rises and spending cuts
France’s new prime minister Michel Barnier has warned that repairing the country’s degraded public finances will require a years-long “collective effort” as he announced “temporary, targeted” tax hikes on large companies and the wealthy.
French PM Barnier confirms he will raise taxes for bigger companies
France's new prime minister, Michel Barnier, will increase corporate tax on the biggest companies in the country and on wealthiest individuals, he said on France 2 television on Thursday, confirming earlier media reports.
New French PM confirms tax rises for major companies to plug deficit
France’s new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has proposed €60b ($66b) worth of spending cuts and tax hikes to help shrink the country’s deficit to 5% of economic output, down from the 6.1% it currently stands at.
France’s new PM Barnier confirms tax hikes for larger companies
Michel Barnier, France's new prime minister, has confirmed that taxes for bigger companies and richer citizens will be raised, in an attempt to plug the growing hole in the country's public finances.
France's Barnier announces targeted tax hikes to plug budget deficit
Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced steep public spending cuts and targeted tax hikes for France's biggest companies and wealthiest individuals on Tuesday, saying there was no other way to narrow a gaping budget deficit.
Left-wing lawmakers file no-confidence motion against French PM Barnier
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How Michel Barnier’s New Government Has Turned to the Right – And Into a Dead End
President Emmanuel Macron appointed France’s most rightwing government in twelve years. All factions on the Right are ...
French PM Barnier asserts change of governing style
In a prime-time TV interview, Michel Barnier sought to distance himself from how President Emmanuel Macron has led the ...
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French PM Michel Barnier's new govt may be fragile, but it's too soon to write it off
It’s a mess, but it might just hold. Despite looking like the most unstable French administration in recent history, despised ...
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5 things to watch for in French PM Barnier’s first parliamentary address
PARIS — Michel Barnier is finally revealing his cards. The French prime minister is set to address lawmakers for the first ...
French PM Barnier promises spending cuts and tax hikes to reduce 'colossal' debt
In his first speech to Parliament, Prime Minister Michel Barnier said France would aim to reduce its deficit to 3% of GDP ...
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PM Barnier tells parliament France’s 'colossal' debt is a 'sword of Damocles'
France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier will outline his policy plans in a much-anticipated speech to parliament on ...
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Barnier lays out a survival plan for France … and himself
The former Brexit negotiator tried to appeal to both sides of the political aisle during his first major policy speech.
Barnier’s French borrowing target ‘unreachable’, warns Barclays
The French prime minister’s budget plans have been criticised as containing “unreachable goals” by economists at Barclays.
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Budget, immigration set to dominate French PM Barnier’s much-awaited policy speech
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier outlines the policy priorities of his new government in a much-awaited speech on Tuesday ...