# Macron’s ‘trickle-down economics’: French poverty at its highest in decades, hunger rising

https://mins.news/en/item/101338

- France 24, 2026-10-15 11:40 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/macron-s-trickle-down-economics-french-poverty-at-highest-level-in-decades-hunger-on-the-rise

> France’s tax inequality is under scrutiny as Oxfam France challenges the state over its constitutional obligations. It argues successive fiscal reforms have disproportionately benefited the wealthiest and worsened economic inequality.

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