French minister sparks outcry for hosting lavish taxpayer-funded dinner with lobsters, $500 bottle of wine: report
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A French minister has come under fire for a picture of a lavish dinner he hosted for friends and relatives at an upscale restaurant – at the expense of taxpayers.
Francois de Rugy is French President Emmanuel Macron’s Ecology Minister and president of the National Assembly.
Ecology Minister Francois de Rugy has sparked outcry after a photo of a lavish dinner he hosted went public. (Fracebook/@francoisderugy)
The picture, first published on the investigative website Mediapart, showed 5 lobster tails, a $560 bottle of white wine, and a table decorated with crystals.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The controversy, likely to further damage Macron’s standing with the general public, comes amid France’s so Yellow Vest protesters who have spoken out against perceived widening inequality in the country.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}President Macron has played down his image as “president of the rich” after reports accused him of ordering presidential china and a new swimming pool for his vacation him sparked similar outcry.