A crisis? What crisis? Rarely have major French companies recorded such strong growth and generated such generous profits in a single half-year. Who could have imagined such economic health when the energy crisis is simmering, when the war in Ukraine is straining morale and disorganizing the planet, when deficits are everywhere, and above all, when the population is suffocating from inflation? We have to face the facts, the multinational companies have been able to pass on the price increases to the consumers. Inflation is a mystery that always appears at the end of the chain, in the hands of whoever pulls their wheeled shopping bag or pushes their shopping cart.
In a country that loves its entrepreneurs and shuns its biggest companies, there is a strong temptation to tax “super profits” to finance spending to support purchasing power. Similar measures have been adopted in Spain, the United Kingdom or elsewhere. We congratulate…
Source: Le Figaro
