The French media: in bed with power[The Financial Times]
It’s easy to make the mistake of thinking that France is a left-wing country. I live in Paris on the marching route of the regular demonstrations – manifestations, known affectionately as manifs. On the radio on Saturday mornings, people wish each other “Bonne manif!”. The socialist François Hollande, favourite to win this spring’s presidential elections, says, “My adversary is finance.”
He’s calling for a tax rate of 75 per cent on anyone (except possibly footballers) earning over €1m. But socialism is only the French surface. Below that, a cabal of billionaires exerts a surprising grip.
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