French entrepreneurs decry ‘communist’ wealth tax proposal
Tech start-ups and business leaders outraged by Socialist demands to impose levy on super-rich
Tech start-ups and business leaders outraged by Socialist demands to impose levy on super-rich

Does the country need a wealth tax?

Consternation over pledge to continue tax raid on big companies and suspend pension reforms

Any sane discussion of changes that both right and left could agree on is being crowded out by tax populism

Olivier Faure gives prime minister ultimatum to increase taxes on country’s wealthiest or face no-confidence vote

Tensions over regulation add to geopolitical upheaval, dashing hopes of more certainty

It is becoming harder to keep wealthy nomads and ordinary voters happy