{
  "id": 14687773,
  "title": "Macron's 'trickle-down economics': French poverty at 'highest level' in decades, hunger on the rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/macrons-trickle-down-economics-french-poverty-at-highest-level-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T11:40:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/macron-s-trickle-down-economics-french-poverty-at-highest-level-in-decades-hunger-on-the-rise"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Charles Pellegrin is pleased to welcome Nicolas Vercken, Director of Advocacy for Oxfam France. France’s tax inequality is under scrutiny and Oxfam is challenging the state over its constitutional obligations. “It’s not so much about how much the percentage of tax and the burden of our tax system, it’s who you tax and for what,” explains Vercken. As France confronts mounting fiscal pressures and…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Macron says French student protesters 'exploited' by political forces",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/macron-says-french-student-protesters-exploited-by-political-forces",
        "published": "2026-10-15T06:41:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}