The debate over the so-called Zucman tax on fortunes of more than €100 million is causing a stir in France, part of a wider debate in Europe on how much the ultra wealthy should be taxed. It's a ...

A protester holds a placard reading, "Tax the rich or we'll eat them," in Paris, France, on Oct. 2, 2025. (Eric Broncard/Hans Lucas via AFP) PARIS (AFP) — France’s prime minister on Friday urged ...

PARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - After winning a major concession on pension reform from Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, France's Socialists on Wednesday set their sights on including a tax on billionaires ...

The proposed tax reform taking France by storm came from one of UC Berkeley’s own, Gabriel Zucman, a summer research professor and director of the Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality’s Summer ...

French lawmakers continued to debate duelling wealth tax proposals on Friday, including the "Zucman tax" of a 2 percent minimum rate on assets over €100 million and a Socialist Party plan to levy a 3 ...

Lecornu expressed his 'profound disagreement' with the wealth-tax proposal France's lower house on Friday rejected a wealth tax proposed by the left, which has threatened to bring down the government ...

It's a subject that has caused a stir in French politics: the so-called Zucman tax. The proposal involves levying a minimum 2% tax on top of regular income tax on individuals who have assets of more ...

Lecornu expressed his 'profound disagreement' with the wealth-tax proposal - Copyright AFP Alain JOCARD Lecornu expressed his 'profound disagreement' with the wealth ...