The government will launch a mission to identify and fight against economic monopolies in overseas territories, sources of “very high prices”, particularly in French Polynesia, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced.
“Too many monopolies”
“I will launch a mission as soon as I return to Paris with Philippe Vigier, the French Overseas Minister, to take stock of the monopolies,” starting with French Polynesia, Gérald Darmanin said during an interview on Saturday night in Papeete. in Paris) on the local television channels Polynésie la 1ère and TNTV.
“I listen to the president (Moetai Brotherson, separatist, editor’s note) when he invites us to fight against economic monopolies. There are too many economic monopolies abroad in general and in French Polynesia,” he said.
“We are going to propose to President Brotherson that we fight together against these monopolies because when there are monopolies there are very high prices and when there are very high prices it is the daily Polynesians who cannot get out,” he added. the Minister of the Interior.
Surf relocated for the Paris Olympics
Gérald Darmanin began a visit to French Polynesia this Wednesday in the company of the Minister of Sports and Olympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, with whom he visited the Teahupoo venue in Tahiti, which will host the surfing events of the Paris Olympic Games. 2024 .
Also accompanied by Philippe Vigier, Gérald Darmanin also spoke about the fight against global warming and the economic development of the Polynesian “country”, and supported the inclusion of the Marquesas Islands as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The ministerial trip ended on Saturday.
Source: BFM TV
