If Elon Musk thought he had his work cut out slashing government waste over in America with his new Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he should think himself lucky he hasn’t taken on a similar role over in France. Here, unnecessary bureaucratic largesse is so great that local authorities have recently been ordered to eliminate some €2.2 billion in public spending – despite which, several hard-Left ones have continued to splurge taxpayer cash on the distinctly unnecessary cause of paying for training courses to facilitate psychic communication between plants, animals and certain lucky local humanoids securely employed on council payrolls.
Lyon council, which is dominated by the Green Ecologists Party, paid out €3,000 last year for 20 of its staff to attend a workshop upon “dialogue with living things” held by an outlet called LICHEN – Laboratoire des Interdépendances Concernant les Humaines Et Non-humaines (Laboratory Concerning the Interdependence Between Humans and Non-Humans). Despite Paris-mandated spending cuts, several other French councils are soon due to follow suit.
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