At the request of The Left, the Parliament held a plenary session on Wednesday 12 July to debate the taxation of wealth. The debate divided the elected representatives, with the right-wing groups opposed and the left-wing groups in favour.
The group’s chair, French MEP Manon Aubry, wanted to highlight the paradox of the current economic situation. “One person in six does not have enough to eat in the richest continent in the world; this is the result of inflation, which is hitting...