France

French officials dispute Noem's claim about canceling Macron meeting

2024-05-13 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Kristi Noem claimed in her memoir that she canceled a scheduled meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron over his comments about Hamas. French officials from the Élysée Palace directly contradicted this, stating there was no record of any scheduled meeting and no invitation was ever extended to …

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France Orders Google to Pay €1B for Tax Fraud, Settles for €945M

2019-09-12 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On September 12, 2019, Google agreed to pay €945 million ($1.1 billion) to French authorities to settle a four-year tax fraud investigation—avoiding criminal prosecution by negotiating a financial settlement despite evidence of systematic tax evasion. The case exemplified how corporate tax fraud is …

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