Paris, April 13, 2025 (AFP) - France wants to make one-off wealth tax permanent

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2025-04-13

France's economy minister said Sunday he wants to make a temporary tax on the wealthy into a permanent levy to make government financing "more equitable". Eric Lombard said the measure would be part of efforts to find 40 billion euros next year, mainly from savings, to bring the public deficit to 4.6 percent of GDP in 2026. Lombard said tens of thousands of French high earners would have to pay more each year as the country battles a debt mountai......

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