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Major news items in leading French newspapers

Xinhua, March 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

The following are the major news items in leading French newspapers on Wednesday.

LE MONDE

-- France's Finance Minister Michel Sapin announced the fight against tax evasion will continue in 2015 and should bring in as much as the previous year, about 2 billion euros.

LES ECHOS

-- The French nuclear group Areva confirms a net loss of 4.834 billion euros in 2014. It will announce a funding plan by the end of June this year. For his part, France's Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron believes that a merger between Areva and EDF is a possibility.

LE FIGARO

-- The latest quarterly publication of the European border control agency revealed a catastrophic situation for illegal immigrants. Between July and September 2014, more than 110,000 illegal immigrants came to Europe by land and especially by sea. Enditem