French taxes may decrease before 2017: minister

(Reuters) - French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Wednesday that taxes would start to decrease before 2017 if a deficit-cutting program remained on schedule and economic growth allowed the government to revise fiscal policy.

Italy economy to shrink 1.4% in 2013, figures forecast

Italy's economy will shrink by 1.4% this year, a much sharper contraction than previously forecast, according to the national statistic agency.

French finance minister - "Worrying" Italy vote shows Europe needs growth

PARIS (Reuters) - Italy's inconclusive election shows Europe's leaders must give voters across the region hope of stronger growth to offset painful austerity, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Tuesday.

France to miss 2013 deficit goal: foreign minister

PARIS: France will probably miss its goal to cut the public deficit to 3 per cent of economic output this year, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday, the first government official to admit that analysts' doubts are valid.

France’s Moscovici Says Strong Euro Creates ‘Some Problems’

French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said the strength of the euro is hampering recover in the 17-nation economy, while also reflecting confidence that the region’s debt crisis is fading.

Euro-Area Finance Chiefs Confident Greek Debt Buyback to Succeed

European finance ministers voiced confidence that Greece will pull off a successful bond buyback, the key element in a revamped effort to stem the debt crisis in the country where it started.

French finance minister sees economy growing in 2013: report

PARIS (Reuters) - France economy has the potential to rebound in 2013 and there are no plans to lower growth forecasts for next year, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said in an interview to be published on Sunday by weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.