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Le Pen pledges to seek lower French EU budget contribution

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Tuesday she would seek to reduce France's net contribution to the EU budget to €5 billion ($5.61 billion) if elected.

61 billion) if elected. She also said she would make proposals on France's pensions system in the coming weeks, and that multinational companies would be taxed based on the their share of sales made in France, in order to deal with companies using tax optimisation schemes to cut down on their tax bills. com; +33 1 49 49 53 84;)