I thought this article was more about the fact that "some" non EU companies are making huge loads of money and evade tax.
I'm not a fan of this french government but I have to admit that it's not an heretic idea to say that a company should be taxed on its revenue.
Sorry for the tone but I'm so used to the comparison with Germany by people who seem to forget that the Euro is tailored for countries with an strong export oriented economy, like Germany.
Euro is more the core problem than France/Hollande or the fake North vs South Europe fight.
According to my logic, a french owned company, established in the U.S. and making money on the U.S. market (so, from U.S. citizens) should pay U.S. taxes.
The problem is not the "citizen" part but the market or soil one.
The fact that I, as a french company, am able to sell products on the U.S. market is, in part, due to the fact that the U.S. as a country has a litterate workforce, infrastructures, a stable legal system, etc...
This costs money and tax is supposed to put some fairness in this. Otherwise, we would all be trying to make money in Afghanistan with a 0% tax on revenue.
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