France’s Hollande offers tax-cutting ‘pact’ to companies

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In his New Year message to the nation, French president unveils plans for new agreement with employers in bid to reduce jobless total.

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President Francois Hollande on Tuesday offered French companies what he called “a responsibility pact” to tackle unemployment under which they would reap the benefit of lower labour taxes in return for hiring more workers, reports euronews.