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The head of the France Insoumise list is trying to relaunch itself on the theme of probity. Except that by making people believe that some of her opponents are necessarily subject to private interests because they have income other than their compensation, she is embracing a populist strategy which does not lift her campaign upwards.
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There is something in this episode that is both shocking and revealing of a rather detestable political practice. This Friday, the head of the rebellious list for the European elections, Manon Aubry, published on the site Release a forum calling for MEPs to be prohibited from receiving additional income during their mandate. In this rather well-structured text, she points out the excessive influence of lobbies in the European Parliament and the risk of corruption of elected officials by private actors who work without having the general interest as their compass. A virtuous ambition that we have good reasons to share while several episodes relating to corruption have recently shaken the institution. So far nothing to say, Manon Aubry is only repeating in this campaign a proposal that her group tried, without success, to have voted on during the term of office which is ending.
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