Emmanuel Macron, who predicted Wednesday August 24 the “end of abundance” at the opening of the back-to-school Council of Ministers, is “Aboveground”says on franceinfo the communist deputy from the North, Fabien Roussel. “What he says is absolutely inadmissible, incomprehensible, for those who work hard and who find it difficult to live with dignity from their work.”
franceinfo: Why do Emmanuel Macron’s comments make you angry?
Fabien Roussel: The President of the Republic is cut off from the reality of the French people. He is above ground, and what he says is absolutely inadmissible, incomprehensible for those who work hard and find it difficult to live with dignity from their work. And it is to them that we say “no more carelessness, no more abundance”. Because when he talks about abundance, Emmanuel Macron also talks about public money and state investment, and he says it’s over. He announces a policy of rigor, austerity, additional sacrifices. I say: ‘stop’.
“The abundance and recklessness that we want to put an end to is the one abused by the richest in our country. These big industrialists and multinationals, which not only do tax evasion, but also capture all the wealth of our country.”
Fabien Rousselat franceinfo
The 500 largest fortunes in France have a heritage of 1,000 billion euros. They have never been so rich.
Don’t you think that carelessness has nevertheless ended for many French people this summer, given the climatic events?
We are all becoming aware of the climate reality, and we are all making efforts at our level. But the President of the Republic, who returns from vacation in his fort of Brégançon where he went jet-skiing, what effort does he make? Bernard Arnault, François Pinault and the other great fortunes of France, what effort do they make? Where is their carbon footprint?
They can answer that they have foundations with which they do ecological actions…
Yes, foundations that are mainly used for tax optimization, since everything that is put in a foundation allows you not to pay taxes. There are 10 million people in our country who live below the poverty line. And speaking of climate change, 12 million are in fuel poverty. There is no abundance for all these French people, who are already making a lot of effort. We ask that the class of the rich, that these large multinationals and these industrialists do it too.