French approves tax ceiling
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French legislators approved a measure Friday lowering the cap on individuals' tax burdens to 50 percent of income, despite resistance from leftists and even within the ruling conservative coalition.
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The French parliament Friday approved the European Union's new reformed treaty, turning the page on the crisis sparked in 2005 when rebellious French voters shot down the EU's ill-fated constitution.
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The Hungarian parliament approved tax rises at the core of an austerity plan aimed at reducing a swollen public deficit that threatens economic stability and blocks adoption of the euro.
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House-Senate negotiators late Wednesday approved extending three popular middle class tax cuts and Republicans, anxious to get the bill to President Bush, predicted swift passage in both chambers of Congress. The conference panel approved the bill after overriding objections from Democrats who said the tax cuts should be paid for by tax increases in other areas, limiting its impact on the government soaring budget deficit.
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Packed chamber told alliance is strong in French PM's speech to congress.
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France signed more than two billion euros (2.8 billion dollars) of civilian and military contracts with Morocco on Monday during a state visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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French overseas territories voted early on Saturday in the final round of parliamentary elections expected to give conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy a big majority for his reform plans.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday hailed the French parliament's adoption of the European Union's new reform treaty, saying it had restored the country to its rightful place in Europe.
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Europe&#39;s new constitution got a thumbs-up from French Socialists, according to voting results announced Thursday. Some 59 percent of Socialist supporters favored the new charter
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France is set to elect a new National Assembly, with a big win predicted for President Nicolas Sarkozy's party.
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Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that would let workers stay on the job longer each week, a move critics say will dismantle France's legally mandated 35-hour work week.
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France's Socialist Party voted in favor of the European Union's new constitution, party leaders said Thursday, boosting the chances of success for a national referendum and drawing jubilant praise from pro-EU forces across the continent.
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The outgoing French finance minister has been confirmed as the new head of President Jacques Chirac's governing party.
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PARIS: France's 2005 budget will cut the public deficit by about 10 billion euros and push it below the European Union's 3 percent ceiling, Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said in an interview to be ...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveils plans to give French employers incentives to allow overtime.
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France voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to give an overwhelming majority to conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for his program of tax and labor reform.
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SUPPORTERS of the European constitution won a significant victory in France last night when the countryâs Socialist Party voted to approve the document in an internal ballot.