It's begun with a yacht and a singer's exile...
How many North Americans know who Johnny Hallyday is?
The famous rocker and social icon of France... who announced only five months ago (en français) that he was quitting 'La France', to live in Switzerland, where after a six-month stay he could benefit from greatly-reduced taxes?
Is there any tie between the substantial victory of Nicholas Sarkozy last weekend, and the effect of his wife's announcement (en français) that the couple now 'envisaged their prompt return to France, where Sark0 had guaranteed to bring the top overall income tax rate down from 60% to 50%' (paraphrased)??
Thus the root of this query: did Johnny Hallyday announce his 'exile' into Switzerland, to influence French voters that love him, this French music icon, towards voting for Sarkozy?
And will the French press ignore this turn of events?
I, ZENmud, believe that this is a more pressing question than that of Sarko's three-day stay on this beautiful yacht...
A yacht that rents for over $150,000 per week, don't you know? Owned by Vincent Bolloré, this little boat has a full-time crew of 17 staff, and sleeps 12 guests in seven cabins...
Not bad, for the man, the newly-elected President whose entourage told the French press that he maybe would 'be going to a monastery (en français) to relax'...
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