Tag: Economic policy
many losers and a few winners – L’Express
The government of Michel Barnier, just formed, detailed on Thursday October 10 its draft finance law and financing of Social Security for the year 2025, which must be debated in…
“It’s not an austerity budget,” assures Laurent Saint-Martin – L’Express
Fewer civil servants, more taxes for large companies and the richest: Michel Barnier’s government has drastically curbed spending while resuming tax increases in its draft budget for 2025 which aims…
“We will have to talk again one day about the universal points retirement system” – L’Express
Finance inspector and former Orange HR director, Bruno Mettling founded the consulting firm Topics in 2018. He provides his analysis to L’Express on the flaws in our retirement system, which,…
these original finds from Matignon so as not to anger the rich (and Brussels) – L’Express
From his back and forth between London and Brussels for four intense years, as chief Brexit negotiator for the European Union, Michel Barnier seems to have kept a few anglicisms…
the end of the obese state? By Eric Chol – L’Express
There is overweight and obesity. When your doctor tells you that your ideal weight is around 60 kilos and that you strive to exceed 110 kilos, you are certainly close…
the government’s lie about their hidden tax treasure – L’Express
The debate on public finances harbors within it a lie which it is time to get rid of: there exists, in France, a hidden tax treasure, and this treasure is…
France threatened by a “financial crisis”? Why we are not the Italy of 2011 – L’Express
Since his arrival at Matignon, Michel Barnier has displayed a bad-day outlook. Each time he speaks on the thorny subject of public finances, the register becomes dramatic. As early as…
the astonishing journey of cooking oil – L’Express
It’s an unexpected journey, from one part of the world to another. A few liters of oil, waste from the copious Chinese fondues so popular in the province of Sichuan,…
Method error or smoking? Why the tax on the rich risks pschitt – L’Express
It is a new idea which contrasts with the old recipes previously used to tax large fortunes and bring money into the coffers. Killing two birds with one stone is…
after a year of war, the economy is absorbing the shock… for the moment – L’Express
The day after October 7, 2023, Ashdod port employees returned to their posts, as they do every morning. Located in the south of Israel and a few dozen kilometers from…