Reaction from Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal was immediate in describing his proposal as "scandalous" and that tax reductions on the richest on society would aggravate the already existing social divisions in the country.
社会党からの候補、セゴレーヌ・ロワイヤルはすぐさま返答し、彼の提案は”恥ずべき”もので、社会の富裕層に対する減税は、すでに存在する国の社会的区分を悪化させると評した。