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  • RUNNING SCARED: France’s Macron Warns of ‘Civil War’ If He Loses Next Month’s Parliamentary Elections

    06/24/2024 7:02:57 PM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 54 replies
    French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that France is headed towards a “civil war” if his party does not win the upcoming parliamentary elections.After a bruising defeat by Marine Le Pen’s conservative National Rally party during the European elections earlier this month, Macron called snap parliamentary elections.Both National Rally and the far-left France Unbowed are riding high in the polls and could hold a parliamentary majority if the election goes their way.
  • Vive La France (Jul 14 - Bastille Day)_... And Its High Taxes (75%!) On The Wealthy

    07/14/2012 7:06:39 AM PDT · by Innovative · 9 replies
    WNYC ^ | July 14, 2012 | Eleanor Beardsley
    As the French people celebrate their revolution on Saturday, Bastille Day, the founding principles — liberte, egalite and fraternite — seem to be alive and well. New President Francois Hollande embraced equality on the campaign trail this spring. To reduce the French deficit, he proposed raising taxes on large corporations and the super-rich. Hollande's proposal would slap a 75 percent tax rate on anyone making more than 1 million euros a year, a huge jump from the current rate. It would also reinstate some wealth taxes Sarkozy got rid of. Many wealthy French have already gone abroad.