French shipping billionaire Rodolphe Saade said his company is ready to contribute more tax to help repair France’s stretched public finances, indicating resignation may be setting in among some of the country’s wealthiest citizens to a shift in government policy.

By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Sunday opened the door to raising taxes on France's wealthiest individuals and some big corporations to help close a gaping hole in the public finances,

"The French people want and need tax justice," Michel Barnier noted after his recent appointment, looking for ways to plug France's budget deficit. View on euronews