“Politicians say all sorts of things. I wanted to see if it was possible to do what the minister was asking us to do,” Carle said. He had just three rules for himself: eat only food produced in France, remove any contact with foreign-made goods and do so on €1,800 a month (above the minimum wage of €1,430 to cover the extra expense of living in Paris). The journalist was shocked to find out, at the start of the experiment, that only 4.5% of the contents of his flat were made in France – and that the rest would have to go, including the lightbulbs (China) and green beans (Kenya).
What was Carle shocked to find out at the beginning of the experiment?
That only a few of the items he owns were manufactured domestically That he had to get rid of only a small number of items in his apartment That he could live using only French products for under €1,800 a month That he knows very little about products manufactured in France