Posted on 12/16/2012 7:48:45 PM PST by dennisw
Gérard Depardieu has declared that he will return his French passport and leave his homeland, in an exasperated letter where he fired back at the French government's criticism of his decision to move to Belgium.
It is addressed to Jean-Marc Ayrault, the French prime minister, who called Depardieu "pathetic" for wanting to move just over the French border to the wealthy Belgian town of Néchin, where he will evade the current Left-leaning government's tax hikes.
"I am handing over to you my passport and social security, which I have never used," he said. "We no longer have the same homeland, I am a true European, a citizen of the world, as my father always taught me to believe."
He concludes: "Despite my excesses, my appetite and love for life, I am a free being, Sir, and will remain polite."
Following news of his plans to relocate in Belgium, and sell his 19th century Paris mansion, public scorn – especially on the political Left – has magnified for the actor who has come out in support of former conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Prime Minister — France’s Jean-Marc Ayrault slams flight of the ‘greedy rich’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9738178/Frances-Jean-Marc-Ayrault-slams-flight-of-the-greedy-rich.html
85% LOL
Socialist MP Yann Galut called for the actor to be “stripped of his nationality” if he failed to pay his dues in his mother country, saying the law should be changed to enable such a punishment.
Benoît Hamon, the consumption minister, said the move amounted to giving France “the finger” and was “anti-patriotic”.
In a stinging editorial, Libération, the left-leaning daily, called him a “drunken, obese petit-bourgeois reactionary”. Le Monde mockingly exclaimed: “Bravo l’artiste!”, pointing out he had chosen to make his move “on the eve of a national conference on poverty”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9738178/Frances-Jean-Marc-Ayrault-slams-flight-of-the-greedy-rich.html
last time I tried using the FR search function it didn’t work
Obama’s Christmas wish.
Thanks for posting. Very interesting. I just finished reading 107 posts about “Depardieu ‘Shrugged’” at zerohedge...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-16/depardieu-shrugged
Depardieu is la France profonde.
he only gave them a finger. at 85% they first gave him a fist up the....
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