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Video. French billionaire Bernard Arnault slams wealth tax as 'deadly'

Updated: 22/09/2025 - 16:10 GMT+2

Politicians in France reacted to heated comments from the country’s richest man after Arnault called the Zucman tax a way to "destroy the French economy".

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