All the CAC 40 knows it: the years of presidential election, it is necessary, as for the plantations, to be discreet until the saints of ice.
However, Stellantis, the group resulting from the merger between Peugeot-Citroën and Fiat-Chrysler, jumped headlong into the controversy trap.
On April 13, he submitted to the vote of his shareholders the remuneration package of the general manager, Carlos Tavares, estimated at 19.5 million euros by the company.
Three days after the first round: guaranteed media coverage!
The "salary of Tavares" has become a campaign object.
"It shows that they don't care anymore
," said a close official (the quote has been edited to remain polite).
In France, Peugeot remains Peugeot, a piece of industrial heritage which the State allowed the rescue in 2014. But Stellantis has moved into another dimension: fifteen brands, French, Italian, British, German, American, 150 billion euros of turnover.
In front of the Peugeot family…
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