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With retail being severely tested by closure, leftist parties and associations in France call for “a Christmas without Amazon”. In Italy, curiously, the campaign is relaunched by the secretary of the main right-wing party, Matteo Salvini de la Lega.
In France, petition for a Christmas without Amazon
“Dear Santa Claus, this year we make the commitment of a #Christmas without the Amazon”: this is how the petition launched at this time in France opens.
Left-wing politicians, like the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo (from the socialist party), environmentalists, intellectuals and personalities from the world of culture and associations have joined in a call for a boycott of the colossus of Jeff Bezos, which in the year of the pandemic saw its assets increase dramatically.
The boycott request is directly linked to the tax issue, subject to a different regime from that of local companies. In France, a country at the forefront for the approval of a web tax In giants like Amazon and Google, the richest man in the world in 2018 declared 250 million euros in total taxes against a turnover of 4.5 billion.
In Italy, with identical billing, Amazon would have paid in full 85 million euros.
Despite this, the appeal of the French left was not accepted by the Italian Democratic Party, but by the larger party on the right.
Boycott Amazon, Salvini responds in Italy
“In a year we will be able to have deserted cities, closed shops and life on the click. Amazon complies with the tax and legal regulations that all Italian retailers respect ”, said the leader of the Carroccio. Matteo salvini at 2 pm on Rai 2.
“We are not against the future but we must accompany it: today I did a survey on social networks and there are 61% who prefer to buy in the store rather than online,” added the secretary.
The reference is to a survey conducted by Salvini on his Instagram page, in which he asked: “Christmas without Amazon, buying gifts in stores, do you agree?” Salvini’s statements about the e-commerce giant were relaunched by the official profiles of the League.
