Category: Bruno Le Maire

French Finance Minister’s Phone Investigated in Pegasus Spyware Case

PARIS—The phone of France’s finance minister Bruno Le Maire is currently being investigated to determine whether it has been infected by spyware known as Pegasus. “We are in an investigation phase, and that includes my own device,” Bruno Le Maire told France Inter radio on Friday. He refused to elaborate on the investigation. The Pegasus…


French, US Finance Chiefs Agree to Push Cross-Border Tax Reform

PARIS—French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and his new U.S. counterpart Janet Yellen agreed on Thursday to seek an international agreement on new rules for taxing multinational businesses, the French finance ministry said after the pair’s first calls since Yellen took office. Paris and Washington clashed during the Trump administration over France’s tax on digital…