Manon Fossat 9:18 a.m., March 29, 2022, modified at 9:21 a.m., March 29, 2022
The Senate commission of inquiry accused in a report the French entities of McKinsey of tax optimization, such that they would not have paid any corporate tax between 2011 and 2020. Guest on Europe Matin Tuesday, Éric Zemmour claimed that Emmanuel Macron has indeed "returned the favor" to the group's employees who worked "for free" during his 2017 campaign.
Presidential candidates as well as members of the opposition have called Emmanuel Macron and the government to account for their extensive use of the American consulting firm McKinsey.
According to the Senate, he would not have paid any corporate tax in France in ten years.
Invited to Europe Matin on Tuesday, Éric Zemmour returned to this "scandal" and felt that the head of state had "sent the elevator back" to the group.
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"The McKinsey people worked for Macron's campaign for free"
"The people of McKinsey worked for free during Emmanuel Macron's election campaign in 2017 and everyone knows it. And we could rightly accuse the president today of having returned the favor and of having given public money to the group", he asked.
In an appended document, the senators write that "McKinsey is indeed subject to corporation tax (IS) in France, but its payments have been at zero euros for at least 10 years, while its turnover on the national territory reached 329 million euros in 2020, of which approximately 5% in the public sector, and that it employs approximately 600 employees there"