He is prone to慣於 more than just the occasional偶然 outburst爆發 but this time Gerard Depardieu is at the centre of an almighty非常 political storm. Last week, the actor announced he had quit Paris for a small town 800 yards from the French border; seemingly to dodge a 75% top rate of tax expected to come into force生效 next year.
The Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said it was "shabby破舊", and suggested he was shirking推卸 his patriotic愛國 responsibilities. "How pathetic is that?" writes the actor in today's Journal du Dimanche. "I am leaving because you believe success, creation, talent, anything different must be sanctioned合法,批准."
The actor claims he has paid £120m ($194m) in taxes since beginning work as a printer at the age of 14. "And people more illustrious傑出的 than me," he railed抱怨, "have gone into tax exile逃亡." Belgium is an attractive option for French people since it doesn't impose any additional taxes on wealth富豪. And three months ago France's richest man Bernard Arnault applied for Belgian citizenship. The government might question their loyalties忠誠; but what sort of message is being sent to the outside investors France is hoping to attract, when some of the country's biggest names are heading for self-imposed exile自我放逐?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/12/121217_witn_depardieu_passport_story.shtml
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