UPDATE: 20/07/2012 - FRANCE - FRENCH ECONOMY - FRENCH POLITICS
French lawmakers approve new 2012 budget
After four days of debate, French lawmakers approved a revised 2012 budget in the early hours of Friday which includes, among other measures, hiking taxes on the wealthy and scrapping former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s policy on overtime pay.
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http://www.france24.com/en/20120720-france-lawmakers-approve-new-2012-budget-tax-hikes-wealthy-spending-cuts-hollande-socialist