Wildfires in France: bill proposes taxing tobacco industries to fund firefighting

LR MP Yannick Neuder proposes a bill to create a wildfire fund by taxing tobacco industries.

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The measure aims to finance firefighting efforts after summers with thousands of hectares burned.

Unions and environmentalists criticize the approach as inadequate.

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