French President Emmanuel Macron of Britain last year King Charles And spent about four hundred and seventy-five thousand euros on a lavish dinner for Queen Kamilla.
According to the report of the French Audit Court, the annual budget of this (presidential palace) has been affected.
King Charles of Great Britain and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Among other state banquets and lavish lobster dinners, the President’s office spent millions of euros from the budget last year.
President Macron served King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla, who visited Paris in September last year, at a state dinner in the famous Hall of Mirrors at the 17th-century Palace of Versailles, which included blue lobster, mushroom gratin with braise French poultry and French and Made with English cheese.
The French state had to spend more than 474,000 euros on this banquet, in which more than 166,000 euros were spent on catering and 42,500 euros on drinks.
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Celebrities such as Hugh Grant, Mick Jagger and Arsene Wenger also attended the dinner, and King Charles told the president: ‘Your generous sentiments remind me of how my family and I miss my late mother in France. Very impressed with the tribute to the Queen.’
In his toast, the French president said that ‘Despite Brexit and because our relationship is very old, I know that we will continue to write the history of our continent together.’
According to the auditor, President Macron, eager to convince New Delhi to buy more French submarines and fighter jets, also hosted a state dinner in July 2023 in honor of Indian Prime Minister Modi at the Louvre, which cost 412,000 euros. were
President Macron and Prime Minister Modi attend a state dinner at the Louvre Museum in Paris on July 14, 2023 (AFP)
Reports of spending on the presidential palace by the outgoing government signaled that France could not afford its current level of public spending, which is the highest in the world relative to the size of the economy.
The auditor also questioned the increased cost of presidential trips abroad, including the increased use of Airbus A330s for international flights at a cost of 23,000 euros per hour.
The audit office said spending on the presidential palace rose 6.5 percent to 117.2 million euros last year as a result of higher spending on state banquets and official travel, cutting the budget by 83 million euros.
The auditor says the presidential palace now “needs to make significant efforts” to restore and maintain financial balance.
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2024-08-01 12:20:24
