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Half of Macron’s Govt Ministers Are Millionaires

At least half of Emmanuel Macron’s ministers are billionaires, and a quarter are wealthy enough to be classified in the top 1 percent of French society, confirming his nickname “the president of the rich.” It is reported that.

a study of France’s recently reshuffled government carried out by the left Rumanité The paper uses financial disclosures and other public data through France’s High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP) to reveal that at least 17 of Macron’s 34 ministers are billionaires. did.

of reportaccording to le pointContinuing, at least two-thirds of Macron’s cabinet have assets of more than €716,000 (£610,000/$770,000), putting them in the top 10 per cent of French society, while at least 25 per cent of ministers have assets of more than €716,000 (£610,000/$770,000). It was found that he possessed. They have assets of at least €2.2m (£1.9m/$2.4m) and are classified as part of the 1%.

At the top of the list of cabinet ministers is Foreign Minister Frank Riester, who inherited a number of car dealerships from his family and is worth €10m (£8.5m/$10.7m). He was followed by sports minister Amélie Houdea-Castella, a former tennis player turned insurance company executive appointed to oversee this summer’s Paris Olympics, whose personal wealth is around 7 million euros (6 million euros). £7.5 million).

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who became France’s youngest prime minister and the first openly gay prime minister after being sworn in by President Macron last month, is reported to have a net worth of around 1.5 million euros.

Attal replaced former Prime Minister Elisabeth Born last year, who angered the public by exploiting a loophole in the constitution to raise the state pension age without a vote in the National Assembly.

The anti-democratic move was seen as an attack on the working class, which was recovering from years of lockdown restrictions, and instead benefited the wealthy and big corporations. Immediately after this decision, trade unions announced a strike and took to the streets in defiance of the “rich president” that lasted for several months.

Strikes and protests caused widespread disruption, with garbage collectors refusing to clean the city’s streets and protesters using growing piles of trash as fire starters.

The elitist government of Mr Macron, who made millions as a Rothschild banker, has been facing a working-class revolt for years, with the first major revolt beginning in 2018 with the rise of the yellow vest movement. .

Named after the yellow safety vests that French motorists are required to wear inside their cars, the name has a disproportionate impact on working-class people, especially those who use cars in France. Hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting for months against President Macron’s attempt to impose a high carbon tax. About work and commuting.

The latest protests against the globalist Macron government came last month, when thousands of farmers mounted tractors and blocked major highways across the country in defiance of EU environmental protection policies, with Mr Macron’s backing. I did it. Farmers claim that it is destroying the living environment of the people. The ability to conduct business and maintain a lifestyle.

Agriculture and the green agenda as a whole are set to be a key issue in the EU parliamentary elections scheduled for June. Recent opinion polls show France’s two main populist parties, Rally National and Reconquist, both of which support farmers, are on pace to win record votes and more than double Mr Macron’s share of the vote. It’s progressing.

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