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Billionaire Testifies: Tax Savings Fuel Anti-Woke Campaign

6/5/2026

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Pierre-Edouard Sterin, French billionaire, appeared before the Senate in Paris on June 4 2026, claimed living abroad saves €100,000-€200,000 in taxes each year, which he directs to charitable projects, and denied breach.
He labeled his effort meta-political, aiming to spread conservative ideas across France while opposing socialism, ‘wokism,’ Islamism and immigration.
He supports re-migration of foreign criminals, undocumented migrants and unemployed, and says Pericles co-founder François Durvye now advises leader Jordan Bardella.

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Pierre-Edouard Sterin, French billionaire, appeared before the Senate in Paris on June 4 2026, claimed living abroad saves €100,000-€200,000 in taxes each year, which he directs to charitable projects, and denied breach.
He labeled his effort meta-political, aiming to spread conservative ideas across France while opposing socialism, ‘wokism,’ Islamism and immigration.
He supports re-migration of foreign criminals, undocumented migrants and unemployed, and says Pericles co-founder François Durvye now advises leader Jordan Bardella.