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Macron's 'trickle-down economics': French poverty at 'highest level' in decades, hunger on the rise

Macron's 'trickle-down economics': French poverty at 'highest level' in decades, hunger on the rise

france24.com 15.10.2026 13:40 6 views
Charles Pellegrin is pleased to welcome Nicolas Vercken, Director of Advocacy for Oxfam France. France’s tax inequality is under scrutiny and Oxfam is challenging the state over its constitutional obligations. “It’s not

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Macron's 'trickle-down economics': French poverty at 'highest level' in decades, hunger on the rise Charles Pellegrin is pleased to welcome Nicolas Vercken, Director of Advocacy for Oxfam France.France’s tax inequality is under scrutiny and Oxfam is challenging the state over its constitutional obligations.“It’s not so much about how much the percentage of tax and the burden of our tax system, it’s who you tax and for what,” explains Vercken.As France confronts mounting fiscal pressures and contentious budget negotiations, Oxfam France is challenging the constitutional foundations of the country's tax system, arguing that successive fiscal reforms have disproportionately benefited the wealthiest while exacerbating economic inequality.Their legal initiative seeks to establish whether the French state has failed in its constitutional obligations, potentially placing fiscal inequality under judicial scrutiny for years to come. Supermarket fridge cyberattacks due to lack of basic cybersecurity measures, expert says French MPs pass sweeping bill to combat sexual and gender-based violence Student protesters tell police to join them in Paris demonstrations From Paris to Marseille, high school protests continue across France French youth demand answers as education protests enter third week France: Student protesters want to 'keep the pressure up on the government' © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved. France 24 is not responsible for the content of external websites.

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