allowances

France hits rich families' tax breaks in benefit reforms

Économie — Link

Bulk of savings will come from reducing the income tax exemptions that wealthy parents can claim according to number of children they have.
by La rédaction de Mediapart

France's own MPs' expenses 'scandal'

France — Investigation

A Mediapart investigation has revealed that a socialist MP used his parliamentary expenses allowance to pay for family holidays abroad. But his is not an isolated case. Instead, it highlights the near total lack of transparency and control over the way that France's Members of Parliament make use of their generous monthly expenses of more than 6,000 euros. A number of MPs are now calling for greater openness in the allowance system, fearing that an expenses scandal such as the one that hit British MPs in 2009 could engulf them. Meanwhile an anti-corruption organisation warns that an MP who can be shown to have misused their allowances could be prosecuted for misappropriation of public money. Valentine Oberti reports.
by Valentine Oberti