France faces fight in bid to cut EU aid funds to low-tax neighbours
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European Union officials Monday rejected a French proposal to cut funding to poor countries in eastern Europe with low tax rates that tempt investment away from their richer western neighbours.
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Â· French president headed for showdown in Brussels  Â· He will demand greater political control over euro
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As numerous European banks assess whether to make a bid for SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale, regulators in Brussels warned France against any effort to thwart open competition.
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French President Jacques Chirac will put forward ideas for an international tax scheme that would help build a 50-billion-dollar war chest to fight poverty during a 55-nation conference on economic development ...
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France announced plans Tuesday to spend over 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on tax breaks and other incentives to encourage companies to keep jobs in the country rather than going abroad.
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European Union regulators have asked France to provide details of a tax deal with entertainment and telecommunications giant Vivendi Universal to ensure it complies with EU rules on state assistance to companies, the EU said Friday.
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France's embattled wine industry is to receive a multi-million euro aid package from to make it more competitive.
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Paris scrambled Monday to contain a row sparked by a French charity's bid to airlift more than 100 children out of Chad, a key ally for Europe's peacekeeping strategy in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac made joint appeal Tuesday for loosening the budget rules guiding euro-member countries.
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France's embattled wine industry is to receive a multi-million euro aid package  to make it more competitive.
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Proposals in France to tighten entry conditions for immigrants' relatives are to be debated by MPs.
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Business & money: French desperate to keep bank out of foreign hands
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French transport commissioner Jacques Barrot is under pressure to explain to MEPs why he did not mention his involvement in a French political party funding scandal.
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France&#39;s decision to back a leading socialist to head the IMF brought mixed reactions at home on Sunday, while media reports suggested Italy and Poland might yet put forward competing candidates.
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The Slovak and Czech governments Monday rejected a proposal by French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy to axe structural funds for new EU members whose taxes were lower than the European average.
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The European Union on Thursday demanded that Washington explain more clearly how it subsidizes the Boeing Co. and warned it would counter any US challenge targeting France
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Britain should look to Europe rather than the US for its economic destiny, the French Finance Minister said yesterday as Gordon Brown launched a scathing attack on the euro system.