https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French President François Hollande may be having difficulties in his own country but he received a generally warm response during his historic two-day visit to Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150417/hollande-basks-in-good-vibes-from-swiss-visit Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:27:00 +0200 hollande-basks-in-good-vibes-from-swiss-visit The French footballer Marcel Desailly is suspected of hiding money from the taxman in Paris, it emerged on Tuesday. Authorities in Switzerland say they are helping their counterparts in France probe Desailly's accounts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140819/swiss-aid-in-tax-probe-of-former-french-footballer Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:15:00 +0200 swiss-aid-in-tax-probe-of-former-french-footballer France’s disgraced former budget minister Jerôme Cahuzac, who was sacked after admitting he hid funds in a Swiss account, also had a €2.5 million stashed in a secret bank account in the Isle of Man, a British tax haven, it was claimed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140313/disgraced-minister-hid-25m-in-isle-of-man Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:07:00 +0100 disgraced-minister-hid-25m-in-isle-of-man All the talk might be about French tax payers quitting France but in fact hundreds of Gallic fiscal fraudsters are going in the opposite direction. Around 16,000 have reacquainted themselves with the French taxman bringing in millions for state coffers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140220/rogue-french-tax-payers Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:57:00 +0100 rogue-french-tax-payers Some 11,000 French tax evaders, with secret funds hidden abroad have decided to own up in a bid to escape harsh punishments, France's budget minister has revealed. The mass mea culpa could bring in €1 billion ($1.4 billion) in extra revenue. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140116/over-11000-french-own-to-tax-evasion Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:15:00 +0100 over-11000-french-own-to-tax-evasion Tax dodgers in France face a prison sentence of up to seven years under a planned new law but MPs are also considering a proposal that will see their jail time cut by half if they are willing to snitch on other French tax evaders. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130917/new-tax-law-encourages-snitching-on-others Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:20:00 +0200 new-tax-law-encourages-snitching-on-others The estranged wife of France's disgraced former Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac has been charged with tax fraud and money laundering in the same scandal that cost her husband his job, a judicial source said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130830/disgraced-ministers-wife-charged-in-tax-probe Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:11:00 +0200 disgraced-ministers-wife-charged-in-tax-probe Almost 3,000 wealthy French citizens stashed close to $5 billion in HSBC accounts in Switzerland, according to a parliamentary report in France this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130712/french-stashed-5-billion-in-swiss-accounts Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:09:36 +0200 french-stashed-5-billion-in-swiss-accounts Swiss bank Reyl et Cie, embroiled in a high profile tax evasion scandal in France, has denied having any current or former French politicians as clients, after an ex-employee from the bank earlier said he had given 15 "big bames" to tax fraud investigators. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130705/swiss-bank-denies-french-politicians-among-clients Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:42:00 +0200 swiss-bank-denies-french-politicians-among-clients Certain politicians in France might not sleep well in their beds tonight. A former banker in Switzerland has handed a list to French authorities which he claims contains the names of 15 prominent lawmakers who have secret Swiss bank accounts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130703/ex-banker-hands-over-names-with-swiss-accounts Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:44:00 +0200 ex-banker-hands-over-names-with-swiss-accounts France continued its recent quest to crackdown on tax evaders this week when a finance watchdog announced it had hit the French branch of UBS bank with a €10 million fine for helping wealthy clients hide money in undeclared Swiss bank accounts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130626/ubs-france-fine-bank-swiss-bank-account Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:25:00 +0200 ubs-france-fine-bank-swiss-bank-account Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and other government ministers are rallying to the defence of embattled Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac who faces accusations of having held an undeclared Swiss bank account. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121206/budget-minister-battles-swiss-bank-account-charges Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:25:00 +0100 budget-minister-battles-swiss-bank-account-charges French authorities on Wednesday raided the Paris headquarters of Swiss bank UBS in connection with a probe into alleged tax evasion, a bank spokesman said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120919/authorities-storm-swiss-banking-hq Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:10:00 +0200 authorities-storm-swiss-banking-hq