French press review
In the spotlight: Mélenchon wants to rob the richest
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon, candidate of La France Insoumise (LFI) for the presidency of 2022, at the National Assembly on March 1, during the debate around the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
AFP - BERTRAND GUAY
By: Norbert Navarro
3 mins
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This shock proposal from the candidate of La France insoumise: if he is elected, Jean-Luc Mélenchon wants to tax the highest incomes at 90%!
According to the daily
Les Echos
, if Jean-Luc Mélenchon is elected President of the Republic, “
the income tax scale would be modified in depth, and divided into 14 tranches (compared to 5 currently).
The marginal rate should be set at 90% for the highest bracket, i.e. from 400,000 euros per year (33,000 euros per month).
On the other hand, people earning less than 4,000 euros per month would benefit
” from the tax reform that Jean-Luc Mélenchon will unveil today, adds
Les Echos
.
Macron re-elected?
A pure formality...
One month before the first round of this election, the French augur a victory for Emmanuel Macron.
According to an Odoxa poll for
Le Figaro
, 79% of French people think that the incumbent president "will
win the presidential election
", against 21% who think the opposite;
68% believe that the war in Ukraine “
favours
” his re-election against 32% who share the opposite opinion.
And yet 54% of French people do not want Emmanuel Macron to "
win
" the said election, against 44% who aspire to his victory.
And for good reason, since 52% of French people find the results of his five-year term "
bad
", against 47% who find it "
good ".
“, the latter being however 6 points more numerous than last December, therefore reports
Le Figaro
.
Europe, the end of innocence
The Versailles European summit now.
The twenty-seven member countries of the European Union intend to send a signal of support to Ukraine, but not that... The Europeans "should" send it, and to Ukraine, and to Moldova, and to Georgia .
So ?
So the question (asked by
L'Humanité
): “
Is a Europe of thirty conceivable?
".
On reading the article that the French Communist daily devotes to this European summit in Versailles, one can clearly sense the embarrassment of
L'Huma
in the face of this question posed by him.
Admittedly, as
Le Figaro
points out , “
in two weeks, Europe has made more progress than in twenty years
”.
But then, does this “
start
” of the Europeans sign on their part “
the end of innocence
”?
At Versailles, we can expect “
grinding of teeth
”, especially from Germany, on the question of “
bringing gas and oil into the sanctions
”, anticipates this newspaper.
However, Le Figaro
wants to believe
, "
if the Europeans retain their unity, if they reaffirm their desire to make Europe stronger and more sovereign, so that it ceases to depend on the United States, it may escape the fate of exit from the story that some reserved for him.
At Versailles, it is also the fate of Ukraine and its future in the European family that will be at stake
,” warns
Le Figaro
.
Gas leak in Versailles
This European summit in Versailles is indeed a "
real test
" for the Twenty-Seven, also admits
Liberation
.
However, concedes this newspaper, "
no formal decision should (there) be taken
", Ukraine's application for membership of the European Union is thus "
not on the agenda
".
It must be said – and
Libé
emphasizes this – that the position of the Europeans is “
less comfortable
” than that of the Americans, with regard, of course, to gas supplies from Russia.
Gas, therefore, but not only… “
The march is even higher on the European defense front, today dependent on the NATO umbrella
”, points out
Liberation
.
Which daily admits that, “
for now, the European armies are not ready for a high intensity war.
And France, which is pushing for a European military alliance, is still very much alone
,” sighs
Libé
.
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