Hollande vows to raise taxes for rich and banks

In a 60-point manifesto issued on the 26 January 2011 Socialist Party candidate in the 2012 Presidential elections in France, François Hollande has outlined plans to raise taxes from the country’s banks, big companies and higher earners to close the country’s budget deficit and fund job creation in his bid to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

ESO: Background information: Sarkozy’s rival pledges to ‘conquer’ banks http://www.europeansources.info/record/sarkozys-rival-pledges-to-conquer-banks/

France24, 27.1.12: First Obama, now Hollande makes case for fiscal fairness http://www.france24.com/en/20120126-after-obama-hollande-puts-fiscal-justice-heart-campaign-presidential-elections-france-socialists

The Local.fr, 27.1.12: Hollande vows new spending and tax rises http://www.thelocal.fr/2398/20120127/

Website: François Hollande http://francoishollande.fr/

François Hollande: Manifesto (in French) http://francoishollande.fr/le-projet/

EUObserver, 9.2.12: Hollande on collision course with Merkel http://euobserver.com/9/115201

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