” Attention danger ! If he wins, I’m off. In an interview with Paris Match on Wednesday, Michel Sardou explained, lyrically, to fear Jean-Luc Mélenchon as Prime Minister. “I declare Normandy a duchy and I put up barriers everywhere”, even ironically the singer at the idea of a victory for the leader of France Insoumise.
The interested party answered him this Friday morning on Franceinfo. The leader of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) list in the legislative elections first wanted to be concerned about keeping French talent on the national territory. “It is part of the heritage. He loves his country (…) I would say to him: listen, don’t do that, ”he soberly declared.
The exile that the singer, classified on the right, but elector of Mitterrand in 1981, agitates, would it be motivated by the significant tax increases for the richest, promised by the leader of France Insoumise? “I don’t know why he wants to leave,” conceded Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
He plans big tax hikes for the wealthy
But if in his interview Michel Sardou rather evokes the “excesses” of the tribune, he preferred to take the lead, imagining a possible tax exile: “With the universal tax system that we have imagined, you can even go to hell , I’ll catch you with the note! “warned Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
The program for the third presidential election – which already sees itself as Prime Minister betting on a victory in the legislative elections – provides for significant tax increases for the richest, with the return of the ISF and 100% taxation on inheritances from 12 million euros.
Thus, many opponents of Jean-Luc Mélenchon regularly oppose the risk of seeing the great French fortunes take to their heels if he comes to power. It is therefore difficult to rejoice at the threat of Michel Sardou. “Mr. Sardou, don’t leave, stay, we love you too much and you love your country too much. Remember Danton’s phrase: one does not take one’s country with the soles of one’s shoes! “, declaimed the politician to the attention of the singer.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon had also called for discussion on Twitter when the Paris Match interview was published: “Mr. Sardou, will you grant me an interview? I want to convince you to stay in France when we win. Many French people love you and the country needs your affection too”.