France’s cash-strapped government was attacked from left and right on Friday over plans to cut family benefit payouts by tying them for the first time in over half a century to household income, breaking a political taboo. Flat-rate cash payments based on the number of children in a household have since the end of World War Two been a key part of a public pro-family policy that many say explains why France has the highest birthrate in Europe alongside Ireland.
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