US EditionFrench lawmakers add tax hike on multinationals to budget bill as tense talks continue
- On October 28, 2025, lawmakers in the Assemblée Nationale approved two surprise tax hikes on multinational companies with support from Marine Le Pen's far-right party and France Unbowed.
- The government increased a planned surtax on corporate profits by €6 billion to raise revenue and combat avoidance, advocates say.
- Lawmakers approved a global-revenue levy targeting multinationals' French turnover and doubled the digital tax to 6 percent from 3 percent for firms with global sales over €2 billion.
- Finance Minister Roland Lescure warned the measures could breach international tax treaties and harm France's investment reputation, while the conservative-controlled Senate or constitutional court may strike them down in coming weeks.
- Parliament's fragmentation has produced unpredictable alliances, with Macron-aligned MPs divided and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu relying on Socialist lawmakers since last year's snap elections.
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To double the digital tax by targeting the Gafam, is to take the risk of a surge for our companies and of an immediate American response, for Nicolas Marques, of the Molinari Institute.
French lawmakers add tax hike on multinationals to budget bill as tense talks continue
France's deeply divided National Assembly voted through two amendments to next year's budget bill late Tuesday that would double an existing digital tax on global tech giants and establish a 25 percent minimum tax rate on profits made by multinationals based on their activities in France. The amendments could still be struck down in the conservative-controlled Senate.
French lawmakers adopt tax hikes on global firms amid volatile budget talks
French lawmakers approved two surprise tax hikes on multinational companies late on Tuesday, defying Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's government and injecting fresh uncertainty into negotiations over next year's budget bill.
French lawmakers progress tax on American Big Tech amid huge pushback
PARIS — French lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to double a tax on big tech firms — backing away from a more aggressive push amid fears of provoking U.S. trade retaliation. France’s National A…
In the context of the budget discussions, the Assembly will consider an amendment, adopted in committee, which proposes to multiply by five the rate of the "digital services tax", introduced in 2019.
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