French Socialists to push wealth tax after securing PM’s pledge to suspend pension reform

France’s opposition Socialist Party said Wednesday it would push for a so-called “Zucman tax” targeting the country’s richest individuals, a day after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu agreed to suspend an unpopular pension reform in a bid to survive a looming no-confidence vote.

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