The French president’s decision to ram through an increase in the retirement age has ignited labor unrest, destabilized his government, and risks paralysis for his remaining time in office.
Le Pen said Macron's economic policies had been a disappointment and referred to herself as the "spokeswoman of the French people."
The proposals form part of a global revival of initiatives to target the rich, including new taxes on capital gains, inheritances and wealth.
In the current system, the likes of Facebook, Amazon.com and Google have paid effective tax rates which appeared on a long, steady march toward zero.
France is sounding an alarm for the world's advanced economies: Capitalism is tearing them apart. President Emmanuel Macron and his Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire are using France's presidency of the Group of Seven to argue that the system fuels inequality, destroys the planet and ...
