the RN singled out by environmentalists

For having offered Jordan Bardella’s book to its donors for more than 50 euros, the National Rally attracted the wrath of environmentalist deputies, who appealed on Wednesday “to justice”suspecting an infraction. According to The Chained Duck released Wednesday, “since November 29, for any donation to the RN greater than 50 euros”the nationalist party offered a copy of What I’m looking for (Fayard).

However, according to the National Commission for Campaign Accounts and Political Financing (CNCCFP) requested by the AFP, if “donations from individuals to political parties are authorized within the limit of 7,500 euros per year and per individual for all parties”the tax deduction of 66% of the amount is “conditioned on the absence of consideration for the donation made”. What if “the Official Public Finance Bulletin admits that the handing over of small goods (…) does not call into question the eligibility of payments for the benefit of the tax advantage” when the gifts “have a low total value, at most around 73 euros”it has “a ratio of 1 to 4 between the value of the property and the amount of the donation or contribution”. The price of the work being 21.90 euros, the minimum donation to benefit from the tax advantage should therefore be four times its value, or 91.60 euros.

Contacted by AFP, the party behind the flame did not wish to comment, saying it was studying the situation legally. Wednesday afternoon, on the RN website, there was no mention of any gift as a reward for a donation or membership.

In a press release, the deputies of the Ecologist and Social group called “to justice”estimating that “not only does this operation break the law, but it also reveals a cynical maneuver: the revenue from book sales will go directly into the pocket of Jordan Bardella, thus making the taxpayer the indirect financier of his personal interests”.