The 75% tax, the nice touch of Holland
A DAY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. In February 2012, to relaunch his campaign, the candidate Holland pulls out an ace up his sleeve: a 75% tax on high incomes.
By Michel Revol
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FRançois Hollande doesn’t like being piled up. It is his obsession. Or, during this month of February 2012, two months before the first round of the presidential election, he needs some air. To his left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is gaining ground in the polls; to his right, Nicolas Sarkozy is making an increasing impression. Holland must react. The tactician wakes up. In a few days, he will find oxygen thanks to a sensational idea, the 75% tax on high incomes. A little over two months later, he entered the Élysée.
Friday, February 24, 2012, the small team that surrounded the candidate Holland ends the week with a meeting. There, in a room of the campaign HQ, are a few members of his close team: the campaign director Pierre Moscovici, the head of the commune…
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