The target lies the mayor of ParisIf Indalgo, after revelations that he spent spending over 12,000 euros For branded dresses, even trying to hide its expenses.
Her critics, furious with the revelations, accuse her of abusing taxpayers’ money, as reports on the light of the 66 -year -old Indalgo, who has been mayor of Paris since 2014, has made multi -free markets. Among them, in November 2023 spent 3.067, 50 euros for a Burberry coat and in March 2024 purchased 2,300 euros to Dior.
Revelations come after a French corruption agency publication Mediapartwhich in his article entitled “Expenditure reports: Ann Indalgo is still angry with transparency.”
Indeed, the organization – having collected the costs of the mayor at the request of free access to information by Civic Transparency, a team fighting against corruption – says Indalgo spent spent on About 84,265 euros in clothes and travel expenses, which she then asked to be returned by the state.
Indalgo justified her expenses by arguing that Purchases were legal, taking into account its role, which frequently requires travel To represent Paris in formal obligations, with the appropriate formal clothing.
According to the British media cited by French Mediapart, this was the third time since 2014 when the mayor refused to disclose such expenses.
Indalgo participates in “numerous official events throughout the year,” her office said in the midst of reactions from opposition parties. “He accepts heads of state and foreign delegations,” he noted.
The report caused them Reactions of her political opponents.
Characteristically, the Paul AtteVice -President of the Council Central Opposition, said in a publication on X as follows: “No businessman has the right to declare his clothes as business expenses. We have been paying for years for the luxury of the mayor. This is no longer a democracy. It’s a prince. “
It is noted that this is not the first time the mayor, who was a candidate for the Socialist Party in the 2022 presidential election, has been criticized for the use of public resources for private spending.
In addition, at the end of 2023, Indalgo was accused of spending nearly 60,000 euros to go to Tahiti on a business trip, which he then expanded for two weeks to vacation.
Information from DailyMail