LE FIGARO – What explains the sudden widening of the social deficits? Eric Woerth – We expect a deficit of 23.5 billion in 2009 and between 30 and 31 billion in 2010. Before the crisis, the deficit accounts was expected around 8 billion, a level described as structural. We were also well on the [...]
They were all there at Bercy on Monday. Christian Estrosi, Minister of Industry, attended the Executive Committee and Territorial Directors of La Poste, 300 people. "Things need to move to La Poste, has he said, while starting one week key for the company. On Tuesday, the Senate Economic Committee reviews the 90 amendments to [...]
The cargo agents are struggling to mobilize their colleagues in the passenger sector. The SNCF railway workers began Monday night to 20 hours a strike to protest against the reform of the business of transporting goods. All activities must be affected by the disruption, the company providing a public transport level of around 60%. [...]
While notaries are more exposed to the international issue of succession with the increased mobility of people, the news is awaited. The EU regulation proposed on Wednesday by the European Commission will indeed simplify the rules governing succession to strengthen the rights of heirs, legatees or creditors of the estate. "Tomorrow, estates international meet [...]
Three months after the entry into force of the reduced VAT in restaurants, consumers do not find their account. Herve Novelli met the nine unions restaurants in Bercy in the late morning to a point on the subject. He asked them to go "further" and "faster" in implementing the Contract, which provides for counterparties [...]
The debate on the legitimacy of the tax shield relaunched more beautiful. After the presentation of a parliamentary report proposing to withdraw the CRDS of calculating the tax shield, the spokesman for the government, Luc Chatel, provided that the amendment of tax shield was "not topical". "We defend the tax shield as a tool [...]
President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to renew Christian Noyer, head of the Bank of France at the end of his first term October 31. This information from a source close to the matter, thus confirms information of the newspaper Le Monde. "The renewal of Christian Noyer was acquired," the source said. The renewal will be [...]
Forbidden in France, selling cigarettes on the Internet saw a bright future abroad. The Web abounds in sites effect domiciled in Panama, Moldova or in Spain, inviting consumers to buy French "cigarettes at prices well below those prevailing in France.
About 400 websites selling cigarettes are available in France, according to a statement [...]