France faces fight in bid to cut EU aid funds to low-tax neighbours
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - 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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The European Parliament challenges conservative appointee Rocco Buttiglione.
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The Slovak and Czech governments 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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A campaign to make French the official language of European law has been launched in an attempt to show the world that France will not bow to the ascendancy of English without a fight.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s visit  to Poland on Thursday could tip the balance in persuading its  eurosceptic conservative leaders not to veto talks on a new  European Union treaty.
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French President Sarkozy moves to prevent friction over Turkey's EU membership bid.
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French bank BNP Paribas revealed Thursday it had its eye on crisis-hit Societe Generale, while voices in the European Union were raised against France for vowing to ward off hostile bids.
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One can't allow in Europe that some countries say 'we're sufficiently rich to lower our taxes' -- to as low as zero in some cases -- but at the same time ask the countries of old Europe to pay structural funds ...
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The European Commission will on Wednesday rule that some of France's biggest companies were given illegal aid in the form of government tax breaks, the Financial Times reported.
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Business & money: Jerome Kerviel speaks about the row over SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale's multibillion euro losses
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EU finance ministers gave a cold shoulder to France's contentious proposal to cut off development funds for EU newcomers unless they agree to stop luring western companies, and jobs, with low tax rates.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 20 (IPS) - African governments are worried that funds from the  European Union (EU) to help them increase their countries'  share of world trade could be at the expense of other forms of  development aid.
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French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy presented a far-reaching plan for pulling the European Union out of its strategic gridlock, calling for a &quot;mini-treaty&quot; as a first step and opposing Turkish membership.
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France's former prime minister Lionel Jospin entered the bitter debate in the opposition Socialist party over the EU's proposed constitutional treaty Wednesday, urging a vote in favour at a referendum planned ...
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In a vote which could have profound knock-on effects in both France and Europe, members of France's opposition Socialist party (PS) were being ballotted on whether to back the EU's proposed new constitution.
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A plan to switch the financing of health care from payroll charges to increased sales taxes to help businesses withstand competition has enlivened legislative elections in France with charges the poor will suffer.
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The European Union head office threatened Tuesday to take France to court and demand the return of subsidies to troubled energy and train giant Alstom SA, alleging that the government has not complied with EU conditions for the company's bailout.