Sarkozy fights to save French carbon tax plan

James S Murray
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After Constitutional Council blocks controversial carbon tax plan, French government vows to have new proposals in place by next month

The French government has vowed to press ahead with reformed plans for a national carbon tax, after the French Constitutional Council last week blocked the original proposal. Chantal Joanno, France's...

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