{"id":45327,"date":"2013-10-25T15:53:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T11:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=45327"},"modified":"2013-10-25T15:53:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T11:53:48","slug":"french-soccer-clubs-to-strike-in-protest-at-francois-hollandes-rich-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=45327","title":{"rendered":"French soccer clubs to strike in protest at Francois Hollande’s ‘rich tax’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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France’s controversial 75% tax for high earners drove award-winning actor Gerard Depardieu to take Russian citizenship.<\/p>\n

Now, French football clubs are going on strike to protest the legislation’s planned implementation next year, claiming it will make them less competitive against European rivals and cause further financial hardship.<\/p>\n

The Professional Union of Football Clubs (UCPF) announced Thursday that they will boycott all matches in the top two divisions scheduled between November 29-December 2.<\/p>\n

It will be the first such strike in France since 1972, when players protested about their salaries, and will be the first in a major European league since the start of the 2010-11 Italian season was disrupted.<\/p>\n

“This unprecedented day must be the occasion for the silent majority of French football to express its opposition,” UCPF president Jean-Pierre Louvel said in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n

The 75% tax will apply to players who earn more than \u20ac1 million ($1.38 million) a year. Under the law’s initial wording the earners themselves would have had to pay it, but after protests Francois Hollande’s Socialist Party government moved the responsibility to their employers.<\/p>\n

The UCPF claims the tax will make French clubs less competitive against European rivals in countries which have lower taxes.<\/p>\n

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