>Investment banker (Citibank), entrepreneur, media owner, and soon a presidential candidate? In an interview with AFP, Matthieu Pigasse said he was “ready” to be the left’s “solution” around a **radical political project.**
>”**We need to recognize the demand for radical change that is being expressed in society. I come from the social-democratic tradition, and that is no longer enough**,” said the man who worked with Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Laurent Fabius when they were at the French Finance Ministry in the late 1990s, under Lionel Jospin’s governments. “**We need to put an end to supply-side economics**, implemented by Emmanuel Macron over the past 10 years”, he added. The investment banker also advocates for “**a radical left capable of governing” and “a credible project for deep transformation.”**
>*”If I’m the solution, I’ll be ready.”*
>**For Matthieu Pigasse, this would notably include a 20% increase in the minimum wage (SMIC), bringing it to €1,773 net per month—a level even higher than what, for example, La France Insoumise is proposing.**
>”If I’m the solution, I’ll be ready. If the solution is someone else, I’ll devote all my energy to helping that person,” he said, striking a more cautious tone. In the meantime, he says he is “working with a team” but acknowledges that he has not yet created a campaign financing association, a preliminary step required before launching a presidential campaign.
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Submission statement,
The French election is seeing a surge in declared candidates, just less than a year in. And we’re seeing an increase in slopulism and radical rhetoric.
A lot of the Left, and associated, rhetoric is blaming both the far-right and what they call the “far-center”, claiming that France has been through 40 years of neoliberalism, and it’s time to try something else. He’s just one more cog in the propaganda machine; which I guess is why the medias he owns spout that BS 24/7.
People in the comments of the article were saying he’s just a Mélenchon plant trying to shift th Overton window left. I don’t think Mélenchon would have the lack of ego for that. Or they were calling him a debt shark (which i true)
I also think it’s interesting that lately the US has seen a lot of Billionaires wanting to get into politics. Trump, Elon, Bloomberg, and we’re on the way to the same trend if this catches up.
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The next few years are going to be interesting as we see the anti-billionaire populist left twist themselves into pretzels supporting ‘class traitor’ billionaires who pay sufficient lip service to their pet causes.
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>Investment banker (Citibank), entrepreneur, media owner, and soon a presidential candidate? In an interview with AFP, Matthieu Pigasse said he was “ready” to be the left’s “solution” around a **radical political project.**
>”**We need to recognize the demand for radical change that is being expressed in society. I come from the social-democratic tradition, and that is no longer enough**,” said the man who worked with Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Laurent Fabius when they were at the French Finance Ministry in the late 1990s, under Lionel Jospin’s governments. “**We need to put an end to supply-side economics**, implemented by Emmanuel Macron over the past 10 years”, he added. The investment banker also advocates for “**a radical left capable of governing” and “a credible project for deep transformation.”**
>*”If I’m the solution, I’ll be ready.”*
>**For Matthieu Pigasse, this would notably include a 20% increase in the minimum wage (SMIC), bringing it to €1,773 net per month—a level even higher than what, for example, La France Insoumise is proposing.**
>”If I’m the solution, I’ll be ready. If the solution is someone else, I’ll devote all my energy to helping that person,” he said, striking a more cautious tone. In the meantime, he says he is “working with a team” but acknowledges that he has not yet created a campaign financing association, a preliminary step required before launching a presidential campaign.
Submission statement,
The French election is seeing a surge in declared candidates, just less than a year in. And we’re seeing an increase in slopulism and radical rhetoric.
A lot of the Left, and associated, rhetoric is blaming both the far-right and what they call the “far-center”, claiming that France has been through 40 years of neoliberalism, and it’s time to try something else. He’s just one more cog in the propaganda machine; which I guess is why the medias he owns spout that BS 24/7.
People in the comments of the article were saying he’s just a Mélenchon plant trying to shift th Overton window left. I don’t think Mélenchon would have the lack of ego for that. Or they were calling him a debt shark (which i true)
I also think it’s interesting that lately the US has seen a lot of Billionaires wanting to get into politics. Trump, Elon, Bloomberg, and we’re on the way to the same trend if this catches up.
The next few years are going to be interesting as we see the anti-billionaire populist left twist themselves into pretzels supporting ‘class traitor’ billionaires who pay sufficient lip service to their pet causes.