Fast-food chain McDonald’s will pay €1.25 billion ($1.30 billion) to the French state to settle a tax fraud case, a Paris court confirmed on Thursday, according to the state prosecution. The settlement will draw a line under investigations into tax fraud that have been going on since 2016. The French public prosecution suspected McDonald’s of having artificially lowered its profits in France through licensing fees to its parent company in Luxembourg. After union representatives sued the company for organized tax fraud in 2016, the state prosecution began its preliminary investigations. Accordi…