Spending on drugs would have been 1.2 billion euros higher than forecast, according to Les Echos. While Bercy refuses to comment on the figure put forward, it does confirm that a “risk has been detected” in this area. Expenses of social security are drug costs spiraling out of control? The year 2024 is set to […]
The new interactive real estate auctions
The show Figaro Immo is broadcast on Figaro TV (DTT channel 34 and all operator boxes), lefigaro.fr and figaro immobilier. Recorded on November 14, 2024: Maëlys de Lummen, president of Drouot Immobilier Louis du Clary, co-founder of Enchères Immo The full video of the show The launch of Drouot.immo Drouot, international specialist in public sales […]
Mélenchon demands that the Mercosur-EU treaty be debated in the National Assembly
The government has ruled inadmissible an LFI motion for a resolution to reject the treaty. In early October, a similar motion by the RN group was also rejected. France insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Sunday called for a debate in the National Assembly on the free-trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, “and that […]
What is social VAT, which the President of Medef is proposing to reintroduce?
DECRYPTAGE – In the face of worsening public accounts, Patrick Martin argues in favor of this solution, which is rejected by Laurent-Saint-Martin, Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts. Who will be responsible the 60 billion euro effort in the 2025 budget? Unsurprisingly, the candidates are not jostling for position. On the other hand, everyone […]
a cut-throat battle to share a 9 billion euro cake
STORY – The public authorities are preparing to extend the possibility of widely using these vouchers in supermarkets. This is yet another defeat for restaurant owners, as retailers increasingly take advantage of employees’ lunch breaks. To the point of worrying issuers. Thierry Marx, France’s most media-savvy Michelin-starred chefis a fervent devotee of meditation and Zen […]
Pesticides, antibiotics, animal welfare… These irritating differences in standards between the EU and Mercosur
DECRYPTAGE – If the free trade agreement is ratified, farmers fear unfair competition from cheap South American products, while the European Union is much stricter on environmental and health standards. France has always had a cautious attitude towards the free trade agreement between the European Union and the Latin American Mercosur countries, to be concluded […]
When a useless multi-purpose hall threatens to ruin a Nantes commune
MONEY OUT THE WINDOW – In La Remaudière, a small commune in the Nantes vineyards, the municipality embarked on a 2 million euro project some ten years ago. Too costly, the building, which was to be used for private and community events, was eventually demolished. On this November morning, the silhouette of the building emerges […]
SNCF boss calls on railway workers to “stay on the side of the French”.
Jean-Pierre Farandou believes that the unlimited strike called by the unions from December 11 is “avoidable”, in an interview with La Tribune Dimanche. Will French people wishing to spend the festive season with their families stay on the platform this Christmas? SNCF unions have called for an indefinite strike from December 11.to demand a moratorium […]
“This 2025 budget is recessionary” tackles Medef boss
Patrick Martin believes that the balanced efforts promised by the government to consolidate public finances have not been respected, and advocates a VAT increase combined with a reduction in contributions on salaries. A “budget recessive”. Patrick Martin, President of the French employers’ federation (Medef), denounced in the columns of Parisian this Saturday, November 16 the […]
One apartment bought, one to be won: a 165,000 euro home to be won in this competition
It’s not a scam, rest assured, but proof that you have to work hard these days when selling new homes. Developer-constructor Interconstruction is offering its customers the chance to take part in the a prize draw to win a 30-square-meter studio with balcony and parking, valued at 165,000 euros, in Drancy, Seine-Saint-Denis (93). “There’s nothing […]