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Under Christian Sautter, the new finance minister, overall economic policy is unlikely to change.
ECONOMIST: France��s subtle loss
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At 59, Mr Sautter is to put it politely a paradox: powerful but unknown.
ECONOMIST: Christian Sautter, France��s wary finance minister
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So at least, with the next general election not due until the spring of 2002, Mr Sautter probably has time on his side.
ECONOMIST: Christian Sautter, France��s wary finance minister
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If the new finance minister, Christian Sautter, lacks the kilos to keep the government's balance, Mr Jospin will surely be tempted to interfere himself.
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More to the point, Mr Sautter has a good script.
ECONOMIST: Christian Sautter, France��s wary finance minister
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Could Mr Sautter pull off tricks such as these?
ECONOMIST: Christian Sautter, France��s wary finance minister
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But in between came the defeat by the unions of Christian Sautter, Mr Strauss-Kahn's successor, in his attempt to reform a tax system which has different institutions for assessment and collection and is therefore both inefficient and costly.
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