It's a controversial route.
While millions of French people were called to the polls this Sunday, April 10, Prime Minister Jean Castex made a round trip between Paris and Prades (Pyrénées-Orientales) aboard a private jet to vote, according to Liberation.
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Mayor of Prades from 2008 to 2020, the Prime Minister would have used a Falcon of the Republic to go to his constituency.
The plane would have landed at Perpignan airport around 8:30 a.m., and took off again around 10:30 a.m.
Jean Castex only spent two hours in Prades, and "
didn't take the time for a city tour
", according to
L'indépendant
.
An express round trip of around 800 kilometers which would have cost taxpayers nearly 10,000 euros, according to Cnews.
On social networks, criticism is raining.
"
In one day, (Jean Castex) will have released 4460 kg of CO2 into the atmosphere, as much as a Frenchman emits in six months
", denounced the journalist from
Vert
Loup Espargilière.
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This is not the first time that Jean Castex has been criticized for his use of private jets.
Last February,
Mediapart
accused the Prime Minister of using "
frenzied
" private jets for his travels and denounced "
his immoderate passion for the jets of the Republic
".
