France’s billionaire class says that is “insane.” A wealth tax “is deadly for our economy,” said Bernard Arnault, chief ...

French economist’s proposal to adopt a hefty wealth tax has strong support in poll as public finances deteriorate.

Hundred of thousands of people joined yesterday’s nationwide “Block Everything” protests against the budget crisis and the ...

French mayors are poised to defy government directives by flying Palestinian flags on town halls, coinciding with France's ...

LVMH boss Bernard Arnault said the push for a new tax on the super rich amounted to a “clearly stated desire to destroy the ...

Barely a week into the job, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu faces rising social unrest on top of political deadlock and ...

In fact, a solution to France’s fiscal and political stalemate has been hiding in plain sight: a tax on the ultrawealthy. Far from a pie in the sky, a proposal along those lines was approved by the ...

Moreover, multiple MPs within the conservative right, but also among the hard-left France Unbowed party, are against Faure's nomination. Bernard Cazeneuve, former Socialist prime minister, is seen as ...

The billionaire owner of luxury goods giant LVMH has warned that plans for a wealth tax in France will “destroy the economy”.

PARIS (Reuters) -Bernard Arnault, the boss of luxury goods group LVMH and France's richest man, has attacked a proposed 2% ...

The country's political instability, the rise of the far right and deteriorating public finances are worrying its European ...

A political row has erupted in France over whether town halls should be allowed to display the Palestinian flag on Monday, ...