French MPs to vote on Total palm oil tax break again after outcry
A view of the French Parliament in session. MPs today will vote again on a budget measure to grant a tax break to Total for using palm oil to make biofuel. – EPA pic, November 15, 2019.
FRENCH Prime Minister Edouard Philippe today called a fresh vote on a palm oil tax break for energy giant Total, after lawmakers and environment activists cried foul when the benefit was rushed through parliament without debate. The second vote, which could come as soon as this afternoon, “will allow MPs to have a debate worthy of what’s at stake,” an official in Philippe’s office said.
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