Self-employed professionals and small businesses in France “having started their activity no later than 2019,” will be able to apply for a spacing of taxes. This is good news for small businesses affected by the crisis. The Ministry of the Economy confirmed on Monday, August
France is one of the European countries that taxes its motorists the most, with a tax bill estimated at nearly a quarter of their budget. This is a painful figure. According to the Automobile Club Association, reported by the newspaper Le Parisien, nearly a quarter
According to a new survey by the IFOP institute, French people are much more worried about the health risk linked to the Covid-19 epidemic than about the economic threat caused by the spread of the virus. On August 16, a new poll by the IFOP
As in the first three months of the year, the unemployment rate in France fell in the second quarter. But the “lockdown effect” had a lot to do with it. This is good news, but it is news that might be interpreted with caution, according
Global wine sales could fall by 13% in 2020 because of the coronavirus. Will the boom in online sales be enough to avoid the disaster? Demonstrations and crisis in Hong Kong (a key hub for wines in Asia) in 2019, Brexit, US sanctions (Trump taxes)
Bernard Arnault, the wealthiest of the French people, has seen his fortune shrink by $26 billion since the beginning of the year to $79 billion. The coronavirus pandemic also had its bitter effect on the richer ones. And the primary victim is none other than
In 2016, Peugeot has announced its return to North America, targeting a decade to do so. The French carmaker then developed its roadmap to return to the United States, speeding up its plans in April 2019 hoping to come back to the market in 2023
After the lockdown, the French government postponed the dates of the 2020 summer sales to allow businesses to rebuild their cash flow with full prices. “Encouraging” for some, “not a great year” for many, or even a real “disaster” for others… Merchants draw a mixed
According to an inquiry carried out by the radio France Inter, the Élysée Presidential Palace has seen its spending on the judicial protection of current or former government officials soar. This is especially noticeable with Claude Guéant, prosecuted in the “Élysée polls” scandal. The figure
Only half a century ago, a temperature of above 40ºC was something unusual in terms of weather. Today, this level is being exceeded more and more often. It has become one symbol of the climatic change that increases summer temperatures and the related threats. The