PCF National Secretary Fabien Roussel condemned the remarks this Thursday, August 25.shakyby Emmanuel Macronabundance“, a”the president returned from his fortified fortress“WTO”does not know the problems of the French” and called out “put an end to the recklessness of the super rich“.
“Since 2017, President Macron has consistently lowered taxes on the richest, multinational companies. (…) Five years after the Macron government, the wealth of France’s 500 largest assets increased from 570 billion euros to more than 1,000 billion in 2017.– Fabien Roussel criticized, during the party’s summer day meeting in Malo-les-Bains (Dunkirk).
“The problem is not abundance, it’s scarcity»
“Yesterday (Wednesday) the President of the Republic dared to come and tell us. “It is from abundance, it is from recklessness». But what country does he live in, this president of the republic who returns from his fortified castle in Breganson, where he went on a jet ski, with his family, in his private pool?He scolded in front of 3000 people. “He does not know the problems of the French. The French have worries, they don’t live recklessly, they worry about the future– he insisted, meaning.ten million of our fellow citizens who live below the poverty line“, they”four million poor accommodationor the 12 million wholive in fuel poverty“.
“For the vast majority, abundance is not the problem, scarcity is. It’s not recklessness, it’s the worry of an empty fridge, the vacations we’re deprived of, the restaurant we can’t afford.“and”It is not the small checks of the President of the Republic that will improve their situation“, he lamented. Fabien Roussel called “put an end to the abundance of super-rich and multinational companies (…) the abundance of CEOs of Bernard Arnault, Francois Pinault, Maliez, Carrefour, Total and company.“.
Tax proposals
For this new parliamentary term, the PAC will propose “To introduce a tax on super profits of large groups, an anti-speculation tax and an exclusive solidarity tax on the great wealth of our country into the agenda of the financial bill.“, he promised. He offered “tear off“so”50 billion (euro) per year to multinational companies, the richest, speculation“, and ask”to the state and the European Central Bank each to put the same amount“feed”a special fund dedicated to employment, climate and purchasing powerendowed with 150 billion euros.
Emmanuel Macron warned on Wednesday that the next few months will be difficult, with “the end of plenty“Before the return to school, which may be due to events due to the socio-economic consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic, the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine.
Source: Le Figaro
