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2024-07-09 Europe

France's triumphant left-wing coalition unveils its radical plans for government including a 90 per cent tax rate on the rich, lowering retirement age and huge spending

[MAIL] France's radical left-wing coalition has vowed to bring in a 90 per cent tax rate on the rich following their shock election triumph on Sunday.

In a result that caught political commentators by surprise, the New Popular Front (NPF) emerged as the biggest party in the second round of the elections which ended in a deadlock, gaining 182 seats ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble party, on 168.

Marine Le Pen's populist right National Rally (RN), which won the first round of elections on June 30, performed poorly in the second round and only obtained 143 seats.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-09 03:18|| || Front Page|| [11150 views ] Top
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#1 90 per cent tax rate...
They tried this before.
For utterly surprising reasons this didn't work.
Marine Le Pen must have secretly popped out the champagne.

Posted by European Conservative 2024-07-09 05:53|| 2024-07-09 05:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Looking to France for effective governance has always been folly. Excellent cuisine and wine? Yes of course. Governance, no.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-07-09 06:45|| 2024-07-09 06:45|| Front Page Top

#3 It's been said that the French electoral process was designed to keep the Left out in the 1960s & '70s.

Oh, the irony.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-07-09 07:50|| 2024-07-09 07:50|| Front Page Top

#4 We’ll take the rich French folks. They can insult us without it costing us airfare.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-07-09 12:48|| 2024-07-09 12:48|| Front Page Top

#5 ^^^Yes. We will be happy to take their tax money.

Posted by Tom 2024-07-09 16:25|| 2024-07-09 16:25|| Front Page Top

#6 RN did pretty well in the actual vote. They got 37% of the vote but only 20% of delegates because the center and left parties dropped out of districts where they were behind to let the other one win.

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-07-09 17:25|| 2024-07-09 17:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Better get out before they put in a Newsom Exit Tax. Or worse, release the prisoners.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-07-09 18:41|| 2024-07-09 18:41|| Front Page Top

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