State Looters: Again and again
Philippe Pascot
Jan 2025 · Max Milo · AI-narrated by Cole (from Google)
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On September 15, 2017, in front of millions of television viewers, Emmanuel Macron, with François Bayrou, his Keeper of the Seals at the time, delivered his first lie: "It is now impossible to be elected when you have a B2 criminal record". Nothing could be further from the truth: in 2025, it is still possible to stand for election and be elected after having been convicted by the courts, whereas there are 396 jobs requiring a clean criminal record. Ten years after the best-seller Pilleurs d'État (State Looters), which sold 120,000 copies, Philippe Pascot takes stock of the progress and setbacks in French politics, listing all the legal abuses still available to the political class: exorbitant salaries and associated expenses, tax exemptions, multiple pensions, fictitious employment, exceptional justice, show trials, bogus declarations of interest and activities, and so many other little arrangements between friends... For Philippe Pascot, the findings are indisputable: "Behind a declared desire for transparency and moralization in the political sphere, our elected representatives continue to nurture their own interests through laws that are less and less comprehensible, in order to escape criminal prosecution and drape themselves in a circumstantial innocence. "
About the author
Assistant to Manuel Valls at Évry town hall, then town councillor, regional councillor, chairman of the Île-de-France vocational training and apprenticeship commission, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Philippe Pascot has worked with most of the world's leading politicians and campaigns for total transparency in politics. He is the author of seven books published by Max Milo: Délits d'élus and Du goudron et des plumes, Pilleurs d'État, Allez presque tous vous faire..., Pilleurs de vies, Mensonge d'État and Le Pouvoir du pire on the legal failings of politicians.
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