In the spotlight: a global tax on digital giants
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French Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, in London on June 4, 2021. © REUTERS
By: Norbert Navarro
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15% tax on profits where they are made - and no longer in tax havens where they are generally registered - this is the rate for this taxation of multinationals retained by the "
G7 finances
" (that is - say by the seven greatest money-makers in the world), gathered yesterday in London for the occasion.
Agreement "
historic
", pavoise Bruno Le Maire, this morning, in
Le Journal du Dimanche
.
Like others before him, the French Minister of the Economy has never ceased to scrap in order to convince France's partners within the G7 of the need for such a global tax.
Until yesterday in vain, but the economic crisis linked to that of the coronavirus has passed this way.
Impassively, an economist by the name of Stéphanie Villiers explains in
Le Parisien Dimanche that
in these times of emerging from the health crisis, “
there is not so much room for maneuver on the side of household taxes.
Therefore, the Western countries agree to go and touch the large multinational companies
”.
... All the more clear that 15% tax is a rate "
too low
", estimates the NGO Oxfam
in
Le Parisien Dimanche
.
Bruno Le Maire who is also delighted with the revival of the French economic situation ... which a majority of French people doubt:
Three days before June 9, when the curfew will pass to 11 pm and it will be possible to dine inside restaurants or go to the concert in France, "
it's time to relaunch
" , claims
Le Journal du Dimanche
.
The economic rebound is “
very clear.
The French economy is picking up again
”,
Bruno Le Maire told
JDD
.
The Minister of the Economy confirms the objective of 5% growth for France for this year and launches this appeal to business leaders: “
Hire!
".
Economic recovery, perhaps, but indeed, the French have some doubts.
According to an Ifop poll for
Le JDD
, when asked about the French economic situation, 69% of French people say they are pessimistic.
He is a figure of the French Catholic right: the sovereignist Philippe de Villiers, former Secretary of State to Jacques Chirac, broke with Emmanuel Macron, with whom he was for a time very close:
And it is on the front page of
L'Express
that Philippe de Villiers appears as "
the best conspirator in France
". After much appreciated, this famous Vendée deals now Emmanuel Macron puppet of "
speculator
" George Soros and "
proxy
" Rothschild, sets
Express
.
Which weekly unveils several letters dated between July 2019 and May 2020, addressed to Philippe de Villiers, and in which the French president gives him "
my dear Philippe
", or "
my friendship
".
But that was before the break between the president and Philippe de Villiers,
which
L'Express
presents as
"
the champion of the dissemination of conspiracy theories
".
He is not politically identified, but he thinks that a great sportsman must be "
committed
", it is the footballer Kylian Mbappé:
And it is to the weekly
L'Obs
that the star of the French football team says. “
I think that a great athlete must be involved. And today I'm ready,
”said the Paris Saint-Germain striker to this front page magazine of which his close-up portrait appears.
Referring to the racist incident which led to the postponement of the Champions League match Paris SG-Basaksehir Istanbul, Kylian Mbappé believes in
L'Obs
that we cannot "
praise the merits of our country, the culture of our country and leave pass that.
It is incompatible,
”he adds, declaring that he is interested“
in social issues
”and saying that he is“
extremely proud
”of his origins.
“
Me, my country is France,
”
says Kylian Mbappé in
L'Obs
.
A musical anniversary to conclude on June 6, that of an album that will have marked the 90s in the world,
Nevermind
, by
Nirvana
:
And it is the monthly
Les Inrockuptibles
which blows the 30 candles this disc.
Monthly, because at a time when the venues and concert halls are preparing to welcome the public again, this magazine is regaining a monthly publication rate.
Nevermind
is indeed an album "
which shaped the 1990s and tattooed a generation to the flesh," says this magazine.
But a work which has imperceptibly detached itself from the times which had made it hatch to deposit germs on the following generations
”, underlines
Les Inrockuptibles
, fan of“
Nevermind's
unstoppable modernity
”.
Thirty years later.
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