A top French civil servant is the latest public official to come under fire in France for wasting tax payers' money after it was revealed she racked up an eye-watering €40,000 ($43,000) worth of taxi bills in just 10 months. That's despite the fact she also had her own chauffeur driven company car.
France was the biggest military spender in western Europe last year, a leading thinktank has found, while many eastern European countries made dramatic increases in spending as the Ukraine crisis continues.
The mayor of a little French village has been taken to task for spending over €30,000 a year in taxpayers' money on an extravagant annual meal of gourmet local delicacies for the town’s elderly residents, featuring magnums of champagne, lobsters and fine wine.
With France mired in economic crisis and stagnation, President François Hollande’s cabinet on Wednesday signed off on €15 billion worth of cuts and taxes. Here’s a breakdown of how Budget 2014 might affect you.
A young Saudi prince treated himself to a particularly memorable visit to Eurodisney, it emerged on Monday, spending €15 million for just 72 hours at the theme park near Paris. He is only the latest Saudi royal to make a splash in the city.
France needs an extra €6 billion in revenues next year, the budget minister said on Monday, and the European Central Bank said it had to act fast to cut spending and retain credibility after slashing the 2013 growth forecast.
