Aggressively taxing corporate revenue is a massively stupid idea for any country to pursue. Google doesn't HAVE to have offices in France, but they do. They employ thousands of people who all pay income tax, and a lot of it. Having a company like Google employing people and spending money in your country is a huge economic benefit. If Google decides that France (or any country) is too much of pain in their ass, they could just pull out and leave those thousands jobless or offer to help them relocate to Ireland or any place with more sensible tax laws. Now THAT would get some headlines. Keep taxes reasonable. Don't be dicks about it.