The French people elected François Hollande in May 2012 because they had had enough with Sarkozy’s right-wing politics yet he has continued the policies of Nicolas Sarkozy domestically and internationally. He has been the zealous promoter of the harshest austerity policies that France has ever experienced since the end of the Second World War and not at all reluctant to intervene military abroad.
Jérôme Cahuzac was the Budget Minister until two weeks ago until he was found to have used a secret Swiss bank account to avoid paying taxes in France. Cahuzac admitted to a judge that he hid €600,000 (£510,000) offshore for over twenty years. As Budget Minister, Cahuzac was the man in charge of fighting tax evasion, responsible for leading a crusade against tax heavens on behalf of the French State. As one political rival declared Cahuzac is “one of the rare ministers who, we can all agree, really knows what he is talking about”.
Cahuzac in a recent television debate with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the Left Front,conceded that never in his thirty-year long career in the Socialist Party had he “believed in class struggle”.
SOYMB is not the least surprised. As the Socialist Standard declared at the time of his election, Hollande himself is no socialist.
Jérôme Cahuzac was the Budget Minister until two weeks ago until he was found to have used a secret Swiss bank account to avoid paying taxes in France. Cahuzac admitted to a judge that he hid €600,000 (£510,000) offshore for over twenty years. As Budget Minister, Cahuzac was the man in charge of fighting tax evasion, responsible for leading a crusade against tax heavens on behalf of the French State. As one political rival declared Cahuzac is “one of the rare ministers who, we can all agree, really knows what he is talking about”.
Cahuzac in a recent television debate with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the Left Front,conceded that never in his thirty-year long career in the Socialist Party had he “believed in class struggle”.
SOYMB is not the least surprised. As the Socialist Standard declared at the time of his election, Hollande himself is no socialist.
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