Tax & Spend

France Ready To Adopt Minimum Tax If No EU Deal Found: Le Maire

  • Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany would follow, Le Maire says
  • Macron made an EU version of the minimum tax a priority

Pedestrians outside the Banque de France, in central Paris.

Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
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France is ready to move ahead on a global minimum tax on companies next year if a European agreement cannot be reached, Finance minister Bruno le Maire said in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper published Sunday.