Carlos Tavares’ remuneration, water in fuels, political ambitions… Michel-Édouard Leclerc’s “8h30 franceinfo”

The president of the E. Leclerc group, Michel-Édouard Leclerc was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo” on Thursday April 18, 2024.

Michel-Édouard Leclerc, president of the E. Leclerc group, was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Thursday April 18, 2024. He answered to questions from Jean-Rémi Baudot and Agathe Lambret.

Carlos Tavares “is a genius, he’s a M’bappé of the automobile”

While the boss of the Stellantis group has obtained validation from shareholders of the increase in his remuneration, which could reach 36.5 million euros by 2023, or nearly 100,000 euros per day, Michel-Edouard Leclerc does not said not shocked by this remuneration. According to the boss of Leclerc stores, Carlos Tavares “is a genius, he’s a M’bappé of the automobile” SO, “if it doesn’t shock you that a footballer earns twice as much, it doesn’t shock me that an automobile genius wins that“.

He concedes that “we can do better“in terms of remuneration and social justice, but for him, it is mainly”the aim of taxation, to redistribute” wage inequalities.

Asked about his own pay level, he says he earns “a few hundred thousand euros per year, which is a lot compared to ordinary mortals and which allows me to do interesting things on a cultural level“, evoking in particular the launch of a foundation in Landerneau (Finistère).

“There are no traces of water” in the fuel distributed by Leclerc stores

After the discovery by many motorists of problems with their vehicle following a refueling at three of the brand’s service stations in Gironde. Michel-Édouard Leclerc repeats it, “for the moment, there are no traces of water, there are still investigations to be done but the probes do not show traces of water“.”Each E.Leclerc center is held to specifications, there is no water“, he emphasized. “Today, gasoline in France is commonplace, it comes from the same depot“, he said, specifying that the Leclerc centers are the “cheaper“, “with maybe three or four cents margin“.

“I have always had political temptation”, confirms Michel-Edouard Leclerc

“I permanently hesitate in the face of what I find to be the perils of our French society, I wonder where I am most useful“, explains the boss of Leclerc. His actions on “subjects like inflation or the purchasing power of the French“are in this continuity,”I had the impression of playing politics by being almost alone in denouncing inflation“.

He confides discussing “with many politicians“, without giving names. As for the political battles he wishes to wage, “we need to regain the leadership of Europe to be able to make harmonizations, to be able to make fewer standards“, he explains.

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