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Companies in France are bracing for a salvo of tax rises and higher labour costs in a deficit-cutting budget that risks undermining seven years of pro-business policies pushed by President Emmanuel Macron.  Conservative premier Michel Barnier, who leads an uneasy

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The French government has proposed a budget for next year with some €60bn worth of spending cuts and tax increases

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Since France’s new prime minister Michel Barnier appointed his cabinet last week, one of his picks has sparked particular controversy

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes on trial on Monday for allegedly embezzling EU funds, in a politically charged

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The new French government is studying options for tax increases on the wealthy and corporations in an effort to narrow widening

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Michel Barnier, France’s new prime minister, picked a conservative senator for the key post of interior minister alongside figures from