Tie-Break: Corporate France Navigates Uncertain Times

Le Figaro

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The businessman is concerned about the slowdown in investment and calls on politicians to avoid aggravating the crisis of confidence.

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Before the vote of confidence that could overthrow François Bayrou in the Assembly, the president of the employers' organisation Patrick Martin blames the political leaders for their inability to "overtake their rivalries". The Medef also refuses any return to the ISF, the tax on wealth.

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The president of the employers' union made a solemn appeal to the political world, judging the economic situation "quite critical" and calling for a return to the sense of responsibility. Patrick Martin, president of the Medef, expressed a deep concern about the repercussions of political instability on national economic activity. Speaking on the margins of the meeting of entrepreneurs [...] Read more Medef alerts on the risks of political insta…

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Patrick Martin, president of the French Business Movement (Medef), criticized the political instability affecting French businesses and warned of the risks associated with a possible continuation of the tax surcharge on large and medium-sized companies. In an interview with the broadcaster "France Info," Martin emphasized that the exceptional surcharge, if made permanent, would be "very burdensome and very dissuasive." Since nearly half of the c…