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 France turned up the heat on Austria Thursday, with French Budget Minister Bernard Cazeneuve saying that it could be placed on a French list of non-cooperative countries if lawmakers do not agree to an automatic exchange of information aimed at combating tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130412/austria Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:35:00 +0200 austria French President François Hollande promised he would ‘eradicate’ tax havens ‘in Europe and the world’, as part of his government’s major anti-corruption push, speaking at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130410/hollande-vows-to-wipe-out-tax-havens-everywhere Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0200 hollande-vows-to-wipe-out-tax-havens-everywhere President Francois Hollande's one-time campaign treasurer holds shares in two companies registered in the Cayman Islands tax haven, a report said Thursday, in another potential political headache for France's embattled Socialist government. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130404/hollande-hit-by-new-tax-haven-scandal Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:34:00 +0200 hollande-hit-by-new-tax-haven-scandal