US EditionItaly Hits Back at French PM's "Fiscal Dumping" Claim
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In a television interview on Sunday afternoon, French Prime Minister François Bayrou warned that raising taxes to the richest, as proposed by the left, would only accelerate a “tax nomadism” that would already be taking taxpayers out of France. “Italy today is doing a policy of fiscal dumping,” he said, accusing her of attracting French with lower taxes than those applied in France. A few hours later, the Palazzo Chigi harshly retorted by a stat…
Italy hits back at French PM's "fiscal dumping" claim
Italy has rejected claims by French Prime Minister François Bayrou that Rome is pursuing a policy of "fiscal dumping" to attract foreign business and investment. The spat comes as Bayrou faces a likely collapse of his government over an unpopular budget plan, in which he aims to cut 44 billion euros in public spending. Plus, Labubus, and their knock-off cousins Lafufus, are taking Europe by storm.
The Head of Italian Diplomacy denounces a "false analysis" after the words of the French Prime Minister on Italian fiscal policy The Head of Italian Diplomacy Antonio Tajani s
The Italian Prime Minister responded by highlighting a "stable and attractive" economy. François Bayrou's spade has in any case revived tensions between the two countries.
To justify its rejection of the Zucman tax, this tax floor on the wealth of the "ultra-rich", the Prime Minister mentioned on Sunday night the case of Italy and its measures to attract wealthy taxpayers. This was not the taste of his prime minister.
After Salvini's attacks on Emmanuel Macron, it is the turn of a statement by François Bayrou exacerbating tensions between Italy and France a little more. Giorgia Meloni is said to be "furious".
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