Economic crisis: Wave of bankruptcies for French SMEs and mid-caps
AFP/Archives – Stefani Reynolds Bruno Le Maire, former Minister of the Economy, April 12, 2023. This year, while bankruptcies are exploding, it is SMEs and ETIs that are the first…
Environment: BlackRock's so-called “sustainable” funds in the sights of an NGO
AFP The NGO ClientEarth has sent a report to the Financial Markets Authority (AMF) concerning investment funds that BlackRock describes as “sustainable”, but which the NGO accuses in a statement…
Major distributors in Martinique, “scapegoats” or “profiteers” of the high cost of living ?
Lopez/dpa There is nothing left of the Carrefour Market in Rivière-Salée, a working-class town in Martinique, an island in the Antilles where large-scale distribution is seen as a scarecrow, in…
Lactalis further reduces its collection of French milk, to the great displeasure of producers
AFP/Archives – DAMIEN MEYER It's ugly… The giant Lactalis announced at the end of September a 9% reduction in its milk collection in France by 2030, hitting 800 dairy producers…
Portugal fights youth exodus with tax breaks
©Joel Saget/AFP While the French government is trying to offset the public deficit by increasing taxes, its Portuguese counterpart is announcing a ten-year tax reduction to retain its young talent.…
Restaurant vouchers: the government “in favour” of extending their use
DR The government is “in favor” of the possible extension in 2025 of the use of restaurant vouchers for food shopping, the Secretary of State indicated on Wednesday to Consumption…
Belgian tax authorities want to keep an eye on all bank accounts
AFP/Archives – Fred TANNEAU In Belgium, the idea of spyware that would constantly monitor bank accounts to detect suspicious flows is being debated, and risks giving ideas to other countries……
By privatizing the FDJ, the French state has rung the bell of addiction
© JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Archives Bruno Le Maire and Stéphane Pallez (CEO of FDJ) in Pantin, September 20, 2016. In November 2019, the French state sold 52% of its shares in Française…
Volkswagen: works council denounces a “bloodletting” in preparation
STF/AFP Volkswagen is planning tens of thousands of job cuts, the closure of three factories in Germany and wage cuts in the face of the crisis it is going through,…
Government considers tax on processed sugars
©Chris van Dyck/Flickr The executive is considering a tax on processed sugars, focused on sweets and sugary drinks. Objective: to save 5 billion euros to feed the Social Security, while…