Internet giants such as Twitter, Google and Facebook should pay taxes on online advertising revenues in France, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says. \"It is unacceptable that they have a turnover of several billion euros in France without paying tax,\" he said in an interview Wednesday, suggesting his government should consider taxing the revenues. A proposed tax on online advertising revenues was rejected last year by French lawmakers who feared it would hurt small local companies more than global Internet companies, Radio France Internationale reported. A Google spokesman, responding to Sarkozy\'s remarks, argued \"the Internet offers a wonderful opportunity to generate growth and jobs in France.\" Internet companies contributed $80 billion to the French economy in 2009 and could create 450,000 jobs by 2015, the spokesman said. \"This positive contribution would have a better chance of coming about in an environment that is supportive of the Web in France and of investment in the sector,\" he said. \"Public policy should support this.\"