PARIS — As France is rocked by government instability and demonstrations, Bernard Arnault has spoken out against suggestions that the country’s wealthiest should pay more taxes.

The head of luxury goods behemoth LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, who is among the world’s richest people, was vocal about a proposed 2 percent tax on wealth above 100 million euros, known as the Zucman tax. It is named after the economist Gabriel Zucman, who masterminded the plan.

In an article in The Sunday Times Arnault called the suggested tax “an offense that is deadly to our economy.”

“This is clearly not a technical or economic debate, but rather a clearly stated desire to destroy the French economy,” he said in the article.

In a statement to The Sunday Times, Arnault said Zucman is “first and for

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