“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).
Who set the three rules of Carle’s experiment?
Carle The minister The journalist who worked with Carle The host of a French talk show