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5 / 20: Bayrou, from right to left ...

Presidential 16%, 8% in the European ... 4% in the regional?

"Francois Bayrou or Sisyphus in politics. There was a time when the centrist leader boasted to shake the UMP and the PS, there he is now forced to operate out of isolation and limit the damage to the region. For his political comeback on the occasion of the Summer of his party at La Grande Motte, in the Herault, the president of Modem played this weekend partition complex. When Marielle de Sarnez, its chief lieutenant, in late August, the member of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques himself tense Hand in PS because "we do together" . While applying to demonstrate that its "choice" have "not changed" , that his "movement" is "no rally" , and being left with n is not to be left. Under cover of anonymity, elected officials speak of a Modem "Operation Survival" , three months after the sinking of Europe in the wake of municipal and legislative failures. "

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19/20: The government tracks tax evasion ... and he is right!

"The French government has established a list of 3,000 taxpayers, holding nearly 3 billion euros for Swiss bank accounts and, for the most part, have not declared their assets to the tax authorities

After the United States last year, it was the turn of France to put pressure on those of its residents holding accounts in Switzerland, without informing the tax authorities. Although the two cases are alike, the procedure does is not identical: an agreement signed last Aug. 19, the United States has negotiated to obtain a 4450 file names after having pressured the bank UBS .

The French government, he has conducted tax audits and operated the information provided voluntarily by two French banks, as a result of transfers of money from their customers in countries "with privileged taxation. On this basis, it has established a list of 3,000 taxpayers, holding nearly 3 billion euros for Swiss bank accounts and, for the most part, have not declared their assets to the tax authorities. "For the first time we have such detailed information, including names, account numbers and amounts on deposit. It is exceptional , "said Eric Woerth in an interview with Journal du Dimanche.

Five months after the G20 London and declarations of war banking secrecy, the Minister of Public Accounts and Budget gives the first concrete example of the struggle he intends to fight against tax havens. The double taxation agreement signed last week, with the Swiss administration should facilitate its work with effect from 1 January next year, once ratified by parliaments of both countries. If banking secrecy may be lifted in cases of proven fraud, but France can not collect its information from Swiss banks. "We ask additional information to Swiss authorities. This was not possible until ," said the minister's entourage. "

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