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A decadent dinner costing nearly €475,000 for the U.K.’s King Charles III helped push France’s Élysée Palace — the office of President Emmanuel Macron —to a record high deficit last year. 

France’s love for grand gestures and opulent dining are fully in evidence in the pages of a damning  yearly audit of the Élysée’s budget, released on Monday by the Cour des Comptes, France’s top audit court. 

The Élysée’s spending, which includes costs related to the president’s diplomatic and presidential duties as well as administration, personnel, security and estate management, reached a whopping €125 million, plunging the books €8.3 million into the red.

Among the biggest deficit drivers were two luxurious state dinners, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and King Charles III.

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

Those damn French. They just love the aristocracy.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I have a hard time being put out for the office of the president having deficits to the tune of 1 million euros if it threw 2 fancy dinners. It's ostentatious, sure, but not crazy for heads of state and a hundred or more high powered guests in a palace. As an American, I guess I was expecting to see one more zero on the figure.

Sounds typically french to me.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'd have to know where the money ended up.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Missed the "K" in the title and thought for a minute "well, I don't know, that sounds reasonable..."

I'm going back to sleep now.

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