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French MPs scrap per-gigabyte internet tax five days after passing it
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France's National Assembly rejected the revenue half of its 2027 budget 458 to 0, taking every amendment from three weeks of debate down with it. That wiped out a levy of €0.055 per gigabyte on content firms, which passed on 30 October with only 35 of 577 deputies voting.
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