“We have just entered Bruno Le Maire’s second family residence in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle to challenge him on the issue of housing in the Basque Country”, announced this Monday on his Facebook page. of the EH Bai group, a left-wing and ecological political movement established in the northern Basque Country. He organized a non-violent action to denounce soaring housing prices and their consequences for residents.
“In order to fight against the proliferation of second homes, we are asking the Minister to include in the 2023 finance bill that he is currently preparing, a measure to remove the ceiling for the tax on second homes”, explains the organization.
To illustrate this removal of the ceiling, the group removed tiles from part of the roof of the minister’s residence. He announces that he will remain there until he obtains an appointment with the minister, before the end of the month.