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13:50 13% VAT, frozen benefits: France's public auditor lays out €38 billion in savings 13:40 Mucem: Marseille walks out of the museum's board after its president returns 13:40 Social conference: Lecornu raises the minimum wage to €1,502, the CGT dismisses it as crumbs and calls a strike on 17 November 12:40 Blocked high schools: no delay to the bac, head teacher hit on the head near Bordeaux 12:20 Teddy Riner runs for president in 2027, saying resignation is not an option 11:30 Krakow attack: gunman suspected of killing nine people has died 10:15 Route du Rhum: Tom Laperche wins at his first attempt and smashes the record 09:30 Paris Masters: Alcaraz tames Shelton to finally win the title in Nanterre 09:10 Wauquiez calls the right's infighting a bloodbath and demands a single candidate before Christmas 01:20 Rugby: France crush Fiji 54-17 in Lyon, Ntamack injures shoulder 13:50 13% VAT, frozen benefits: France's public auditor lays out €38 billion in savings 13:40 Mucem: Marseille walks out of the museum's board after its president returns 13:40 Social conference: Lecornu raises the minimum wage to €1,502, the CGT dismisses it as crumbs and calls a strike on 17 November 12:40 Blocked high schools: no delay to the bac, head teacher hit on the head near Bordeaux 12:20 Teddy Riner runs for president in 2027, saying resignation is not an option 11:30 Krakow attack: gunman suspected of killing nine people has died 10:15 Route du Rhum: Tom Laperche wins at his first attempt and smashes the record 09:30 Paris Masters: Alcaraz tames Shelton to finally win the title in Nanterre 09:10 Wauquiez calls the right's infighting a bloodbath and demands a single candidate before Christmas 01:20 Rugby: France crush Fiji 54-17 in Lyon, Ntamack injures shoulder

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Amélie de Montchalin, first president of the Court of Audit (archive photo) — Photo : Antoine Lamielle / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

13% VAT, frozen benefits: France's public auditor lays out €38 billion in savings

France's Court of Audit (Cour des comptes) on Monday published 18 measures meant to raise between €32 billion and €38 billion from 2027. On the menu: a higher intermediate VAT rate, a so-called blank year for social benefits and a freeze on civil servants' promotions.

● 9 November at 13:50

Jean-Pierre Farandou, Labour Minister, official portrait

Minimum wage: €1,500 net, €100 more, 10%... who wants what ahead of Monday's social conference

The Labour Minister wants to break through the €1,500 net barrier, an extra €22 a month. The unions are demanding far more and employers are worried about the cost.

7 November at 17:00

Shopfront of a Gifi store in Marly-le-Roi (Yvelines)

Gifi placed in receivership: 6,000 employees and more than 500 shops in limbo

The Toulouse commercial court on Tuesday placed the Gifi group in receivership (redressement judiciaire), at its own request. The discount home décor and variety chain, which employs 6,000 people in France, has six months to get back on its feet.

3 November at 10:05

The BHV department store on Rue de Rivoli in Paris

BHV placed in receivership: 700 jobs hang on a six-month reprieve

The Paris commercial court on Monday opened receivership proceedings against the company that runs BHV Marais and BHV Parly 2. The department store remains open, but its future will be decided over the coming months.

2 November at 16:35