"Centre-right candidates Gabriel Attal and Edouard Philippe both want to reduce the middle class tax burden by lowering payroll welfare contributions, though economists warn France has few options it can afford.
"There is no longer really any scope for action on the purchasing power front as the state doesn't have the means to support households," Plane said."
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