Posted on 12/20/2017 10:43:20 AM PST by Olog-hai
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe defended on Wednesday his decision to charter a private aircraft at a cost of €350,000 ($415,000) to bring him and a delegation back from Tokyo earlier this month.
AFP disclosed late Tuesday that Philippe’s office had hired an Airbus A340 with first-class seats to fly from Japan to Paris on December 6 instead of using an A340 army transport plane flying the same route at roughly the same time.
The prime minister’s office has argued that Philippe needed to be back in Paris urgently because President Emmanuel Macron was leaving the country and that the air force plane was too uncomfortable for a night flight.
“It’s complicated to move the prime minister around, and it’s expensive,” Philippe told RTL radio on Wednesday. “I understand both the surprise and the questions that French people are asking themselves.” …
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LIBERALS DOING WHAT LIBERALS DO BEST: WASTE TAXPAYER MONEY.....................
Usual and customary liberal BS. Same lies...different country.
Yet another LIB idiot screwing those who pay taxes.
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