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Hollande and France's tax exodus

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The new French President Francois Hollande will pay his first visit to London today since his election in May.

Last weekend France's business leaders asked him to rethink many of the taxes he wants to increase, not just for the rich but for the much needed foreign investors who have been frightened away.

The BBC's Christian Fraser reports on the impact Mr Hollande's new tax regime is having on expats and entrepreneurs.


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