“Five billionaires own up to 27 million French!” criticized Adrien Quatennens at the microphone of the National Assembly on Wednesday night. In the midst of a debate on indexing private salaries to CAC 40 utilities -a proposal supported by the rebels during the third day of examination of the purchasing power bill-, the deputy from the North returned to the energy advice given . by the Government.
“The truth is that while Mr. Véran advises the French to pull the plug, turn off the light, a small minority of those who refuse to speak are wallowing on yachts, in private jets and in luxury hotels,” he cut with the majority in the hemicycle.
“For you it is not a reality!” he denounced.
“Lower the air conditioning a bit”
A few hours earlier, the government spokesman had invited the French to “small gestures” without restrictions to save energy.
“When we go on weekends or on vacation, we unplug as many electrical outlets as possible because otherwise they continue to consume energy,” stressed Olivier Véran during the Council of Ministers report.
He had also called for cutting off Wi-Fi, “lowering the air conditioning a little” and turning off lights in rooms that are not used, hoping to achieve at least 15% savings with these anti-waste reflexes.
The position of the majority on these energy saving measures and during the debates on Wednesday on the salary increase has embittered the 32-year-old rebel deputy. Furious during almost all the debates of the third call, this son of an EDF executive denounced the denial, according to him, of the government towards great fortunes and super-profits.
“Two billion fortune, +900% in one year!”
“If we pay attention to you, the price increase falls from the sky, it is not speculation,” his accusation began. “If we pay attention to you, the inflation of super profits and great fortunes does not exist! At the end of the debate, you run away from this reality,” she incriminated.
“Five billionaires own up to 27 million French people. Meanwhile, Mr. Bruno Le Maire comes to see us and tells us: before sharing wealth, you have to produce it. It is extremely produced!” exclaimed the coordinator at the Assembly microphone of insubordinate France
Adrien Quatennens then launched into the enumeration of the profits obtained by certain great French fortunes this last year: “If this is not a reality, here are some very concrete examples”, he introduced before listing: “Mr. Alex Bouaziz, company Deel , 2 billion in fortune, +900% in one year, Mr. Rodolphe Saadé and his family, 36 billion, +500% in one year, Mr. Renaud Laplanche, 1.2 billion, +264% in one year …”, Lille listed.
“This is the reality you reject while offering the great mass of French your bonuses and your crazy checks,” he concluded exasperated.
“Efforts based on your carbon footprint”
On BFMTV last Friday, if he had recognized the public utility of energy sobriety, he first advocated that “of the very rich who consume and pollute the most.”
“You can turn down the heat but in 10 minutes of space tourism, Jeff Bezos emits more CO2 than the poorest billion of humanity in a lifetime!” he denounced.
This Thursday morning on RTL, the Minister for the Energy Transition confirmed that “all gestures are important.” Christophe Béchu, however, brought a nuance little done until now in the executive’s voice.
“Everyone is responsible, except those in popular neighborhoods than those with more means and with a high carbon footprint.
“Each one must make efforts according to their carbon footprint,” he urged. Some insistent commentary from the left of the left at the Palais Bourbon seems to be starting to hit print.
Source: BFM TV
