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France to crackdown on 'super rich' tax evasion, help middle class

French Minister for Economy, Finance, Industry and Digital Security Bruno Le Maire (R) and Junior Minister for Public Accounts Gabriel Attal in Paris, 26 September 2022. © REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French minister for public spending Gabriel Attal promised on Tuesday to tighten tax controls on the "ultra-rich" and multinationals and to ease the pressure on the middle classes as part of an anti tax fraud plan.

"My plan is to pile pressure on the ultra-rich and the multinationals but also to alleviate the pressure on the middle classes and small business owners, to give them a breather," Gabriel Attal told France Inter radio on Tuesday.

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