
Faced with the crisis, rich savers are turning to Switzerland and Luxembourg, while Jean-Luc Mélenchon speaks about his own funded retirement.
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French savers seek to protect their assets in the face of national economic and political uncertainties.
“The movement is accelerating”: faced with the economic and political crisis, rich savers are turning to Switzerland and Luxembourg
DECRYPTION - Debt slippage, specter of a financial crisis, political blockage... A few months before a presidential election which promises to be chaotic, more and more wealthy French savers are seeking to shelter their assets abroad.
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