French leftists 'prepare to govern' with 90% tax on rich after shock win in snap elections

[Barry]

Got a link for that please? (Nothing yet on French TV.) Although it would not surprise me.

I saw it on Telegram. Can't link to it.

[Streetwalker]

But has it ever happened in significant numbers in Britain?

Not as far as I know . May be that in the past when we had high tax on the rich they had ways and means to avoid paying it . 

[patman post]

Got a link for that please? (Nothing yet on French TV.) Although it would not surprise me.

These look OK, but who knows?

https://iranpress.com/palestinian-flag-in-celebration-of-french-parliament-election-victory
https://hyphenonline.com/2024/07/12/what-now-for-frances-muslims-paris-national-rally-marine-le-pen-new-popular-front-nfp-macron/

Here's another that's uncovered false photographs...

https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/video-eid-al-fitr-celebration-150841398.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAByQ_mkgMSLZC7CEJcUZqNUp5HszENDO0-_PmguO_4GbpCgu96HTeaoK7xEQOGhdi_RIQivdRBAIsY9usf-CgWz_tVR-cWhtxzAoJbh-i_Wf4kCEnFoXfSJ8xp1GSmmfz8e23Vd98ZvWpV5X8yuSqFLhXFMuH-4gboRVU13jQUy

[papasmurf]

The Islamics and the left celebrated their victory by marching up the French rues chanting:
Death to France
Death to Jews
Death to the Police

I don't find that very palatable if that is what the left wing and Macron have formed as an alliance.

At least Marine Le Pen loves France.

Got a link for that please? (Nothing yet on French TV.) Although it would not surprise me.

[Barry]

The Islamics and the left celebrated their victory by marching up the French rues chanting:
Death to France
Death to Jews
Death to the Police

I don't find that very palatable if that is what the left wing and Macron have formed as an alliance.

At least Marine Le Pen loves France.

[papasmurf]

Of course ,I didn't just write it for the sake of it

Scandinavians , the very rich ones are well known for moving into low taxation countries like Switzerland to avoid the wealth taxes that are imposed on them by their left leaning governments . 

But has it ever happened in significant numbers in Britain?

[Streetwalker]

Has that ever happened anywhere. (In Britain they just avoid and evade tax.)

Of course ,I didn't just write it for the sake of it 

Scandinavians , the very rich ones are well known for moving into low taxation countries like Switzerland to avoid the wealth taxes that are imposed on them by their left leaning governments .  

[Borg Refinery]

Source: GB News

[papasmurf]

And the socialists will find out like every socialist has before them that the rich will leave the country before accepting socialist taxation

Has that ever happened anywhere. (In Britain they just avoid and evade tax.)

[Streetwalker]

And the socialists will find out like every socialist has before them that the rich will leave the country before accepting socialist taxation 

[papasmurf]

That assumes whoever they form a coalition with will support and vote for it.

[GBNews]

French leftists 'prepare to govern' with 90% tax on rich after shock win in snap elections

France's left wing New Popular Front (NPF) is hoping to introduce a 90 per cent tax on the rich, following their surprising win in the snap election.

The alliance - formed just last month - surged to victory in the second round of voting and gained 182 seats, blocking Marine Le Pen's quest to bring the hard-right to power in the country.

Emmanuel Macron's centrist Together bloc came in second with 168 seats, and Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's National Rally (RN) finished third with 143 seats.

The unexpected result leaves French politics in deadlock, with no party able to form a government by itself as they did not gain a majority of 289 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly.

The NPF - composed of the Socialists, the Greens, the Communists, and the radical left-wing France Unbowed party - have not nominated a candidate for French Prime Minister.

The coalition met on Monday to try and agree on who they should put forward for the role.

Manuel Bompard, from the hard-left France Unbowed party, said: "We are preparing to govern, to apply the programme which is ours.

"The president must appoint as prime minister someone from the New Popular Front to implement the NFP's programme, the whole programme and nothing but the programme."

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The NPF's economic policies include: a new 90 per cent tax on those earning more than €400,000; raising the minimum wage by 14 per cent; a reduction in retirement age from 64 to 60; implementing price controls on essential foods, electricity, gas and petrol; and spending commitments of at least €150billion over three years.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal resigned but was then asked by Macron to stay on the role "for the time being to ensure the country's stability", as the Olympics are due to kick off in under two weeks.

Bompard disagreed with the decision and urged Macron to 'respect' the election result, adding: "There is no question of Gabriel Attal's contribution as Prime Minister, wiping out the vote of the French people."

Following the shock result, Macron said that while he would respect the "choice of the French people", he was waiting for the full picture to emerge before making any decisions.

His supporters have said that the election ended inconclusively. Gérald Darmanin, the interior minister, said that "no one won", and said that both RN and NPF "had lost".

Le Pen, whose party was widely expected to win, has refused to admit defeat. She told reporters: "The tide is rising. It did not rise high enough this time, but it continues to rise and our victory has simply been deferred."

Meanwhile, Bardella slammed the NFP as a "disgraceful alliance" that would destroy France.

Macron had called France's snap parliamentary vote in response to RN's victory in EU elections in June with over 30 per cent of the vote.

Source: French leftists 'prepare to govern' with 90% tax on rich after shock win in snap elections