Avoid a bad sequence in the midst of social unrest, in a context of inflation at its highest point in years. The Government has reminded its ministers of the obligation to declare and reserve donations worth more than 150 euros, according to information from Politico, confirmed by BFMTV.com.
“Avoid photos with expensive sweaters”
And for good reason: the Bompard brand, specialized in cashmere, sent Bruno Le Maire a turtleneck sweater whose entry price is 335 euros, we found out in the columns of the Parisian.
Suffice it to say that wearing a garment of such value would have a negative effect, two days after an inter-union walkout, and while some of Total’s employees continue to mobilize for pay increases.
“Matignon wanted to avoid photos with ministers wearing expensive sweaters while taking stock of current practices,” summarizes a ministerial adviser.
This instruction echoes a controversy that affected the Minister of Economy. He said at the end of September in France Inter that we would not see him “no longer with a tie but with a turtleneck” to “save energy”.
“A minister does not have to say how to dress”
Although several political figures were surprised by these comments, from Xavier Bertrand who had given “two bullets to the government’s communication” to Marine Le Pen who had denounced “politics for fools”, Bruno Le Maire had explained.
“A minister, a member of the government, does not have to tell the French men and women how they should dress,” he said two days with Raw.
The day of her statement on the subject, however, the Bercy tenant appeared in a turtleneck sweater on her Twitter account, without a caption to contextualize a photo that was difficult not to link to her morning controversy. For the next few days, Elisabeth Borne and Emmanuel Macron showed off in winter clothes.
A ruler in use since 2012
Two weeks later, Bruno Le Maire still lamented on his Facebook account a controversy made “of so much noise and so little sense”, denouncing “the drama of our democratic life”.
The rule recalled by the services of Elisabeth Borne has been applied since François Hollande in 2012, when he asked ministers to follow the recommendations of a report on public ethics.
Source: BFM TV
