Before the G7 summit, which opens Saturday, Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need to tax the digital giants at the global level.

Emmanuel Macron, who will defend the G7 in France this weekend a global taxation of digital giants, denounced Wednesday a "crazy" system that leaves global economic players prominent have "a status of permanent tax haven".

A system "unsustainable"

"The global digital players do not contribute financially to the financing of the common good, it is not sustainable," said the French president, explaining having discussed Monday with his American counterpart Donald Trump, who fiercely opposed the latter weeks to the tax on large technology groups, generally American, voted by France.