The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
After reported currency intervention by Asian economies and Brazil, Europe today reiterated its desire for a strong dollar as well. Bloomberg: French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s counselor, Henri Guaino, said today in Paris that the U.S. is “flooding the world” with dollars and that the currency’s weakness may become “unbearable.” Eric Woerth, France’s budget...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The European Society of Cardiology wishes to comment on media reports this week that France is preparing to authorise the sale of cigarettes on the internet, to conform to European rights. Although Budget Minister Eric Woerth denies that this is the intention, the news is disappointing given the drop in heart attack rates following last year's smoking ban. ESC spokesperson Professeur Ph.
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
( European Society of Cardiology ) The European Society of Cardiology wishes to comment on media reports this week that France is preparing to authorize the sale of cigarettes on the internet, to conform to European rights. Although Budget Minister Eric Woerth denies that this is the intention, the news is disappointing given the drop in heart attack rates following last year's smoking ban.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
The French government will hold a crisis meeting with the boss of France Télécom today as concern mounts over a spate of suicides among staff which unions have blamed on workplace stress. Didier Lombard, the chief executive of the telecommunications giant, was summoned by Xavier Darcos, the labour minister, after the number of employees to have taken their own lives in the past 18 months...
Environmental Republican (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
France has been held up as the model country that we would want to imitate with our health care system. It seems to be working out real well:PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is looking at ways to plug a gaping hole in its health care budget and may charge patients more for hospital stays, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Monday.France's health system is largely financed by the state and
Pat Gray (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
“French government to tackle surging health care deficit” is a recent AP article touching on the rising costs of France’s health care. PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is looking at ways to plug a gaping hole in its health care budget and may charge patients more for hospital stays, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Monday. President Obama [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is looking at ways to plug a gaping hole in its health care budget and may charge patients more for hospital stays, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Monday.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
PARIS (MarketWatch) -- France will likely extend its car scrapping scheme, which was originally set to be phased out at the end of this year, French budget minister Eric Woerth said Tuesday, speaking on the French radio station RMC. The program, which provides government-funded incentives for consumers to trade in their cars for new ones has given a substantial boost to the French economy this year....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Paris - French Budget Minister Eric Woerth said Tuesday that confidential data on some 3,000 bank accounts held in tax havens by French individuals did not necessarily come from Switzerland. These are three banks (that provided data). I am not sayin...
ataxingmatter (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
I owe readers a post on the UBS settlement, which will be forthcoming in the next couple of days. IN the meantime, Eric Woerth, the French minister of budget, made a startling announcement yesterday that the French government has acquired...
Swisster (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
Days after the French government signed a double taxation treaty with Switzerland, a member of France's cabinet said up to 3,000 residents from his country are evading taxes on more than three billion euros in assets through accounts in three Swiss banks. In an interview with the Journal du Dimanche newspaper Eric Woerth, budget minister, called on the scofflaws to "regularize" their tax...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
• Details of tax evasion suspects sent to authorities in France • Action comes days after Paris and Berne agree a deal The secretive world of Swiss banking showed signs of edging towards greater transparency today when France announced it had received the details of thousands of people suspected of evading taxes in undeclared accounts. Eric Woerth, the French budget minister, said Paris...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
France has received a list of 3,000 French taxpayers with bank accounts in Switzerland as part of a double taxation agreement signed between the two countries last week, according to a report in a French newspaper Sunday. French Budget Minister Eric Woerth... Sponsored Topics: Switzerland - Bank account - France - Tax - Government
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
PARIS - The French government's budget deficit could fall in 2010 with a return of modest growth following a spike this year due to the global financial crisis, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said. The state's receipts will recover a little with the r ...
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck will pursue the fight against tax evasion today as he hosts an international conference that aims to crack down on remaining offshore havens. Steinbrueck and French Budget Minister Eric Woerth will lead the m ...
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