PARIS, May 7 (Reuters) - France is considering taxing share buybacks in order to raise money for the government, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday.

"We are ready to envisage a tax on share buybacks. The full details are still to be worked out ... we are open to this possibility," said Le Maire. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Leigh Thomas)