greater than half of the ministers are millionaires, in response to their asset declaration | EUROtoday

The pattern has solely been growing since 2017: below the presidency of Emmanuel Macron, the ministers are more and more wealthy. The present authorities has 22 millionaires out of 36 members, in response to their declarations of curiosity and heritage, made public, Tuesday, June 10, by the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life (HATVP). By comparability, in 2022, 19 millionaires featured within the authorities of Elisabeth Borne, which had 4 further members.

According to the calculations of Worldthe Bayrou authorities ministers have a median heritage of two.9 million euros – or 2.5 million euros by taking money owed. An common virtually twice that of the Borne authorities, inserting the present authorities among the many richest since transparency declarations have been imposed on ministers in 2014.

Marc Ferracci, Minister chargeable for trade and vitality, seems to be the wealthiest. His property are estimated at almost 23 million euros, primarily made up of unlisted shares in Icarus Finance, an accounting firm led by his father, of which he holds 35 % of the capital. In second place, we discover the Minister of the Economy, Eric Lombard, with almost 21.7 million euros in wealth, some 8 million of which come from 4 actual property (two homes and two residences). If these two exceptionally excessive heritage shoot the typical up, the Bayrou authorities is as a complete largely above its predecessors, with a internet median heritage of 1.1 million euros, in opposition to lower than 660,000 euros for the Borne authorities.

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