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Just 9 days ahead of a runoff that will determine who will lead
the European Union's second-largest economy for the next five
years, opinion polls show Macron is only slightly ahead of Le
Pen in a contest that could potentially go either way.
The 2021 compensation package for Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares
adds up to around 19 million euros ($20.5 million), plus a stock
package worth some additional 32 million euros and long-term
compensation of about 25 million euros.
"We're talking about astronomical sums here ... we should put a
cap on these, this could work if we act at a European level,"
Macron told franceinfo radio.
"People can't have purchasing power problems, difficulties and
anxiety in their lives and see sums like this," Macron said,
adding that otherwise "society going to blow up".
Le Pen echoed his comments.
"Of course it is shocking. It's even more shocking when it's a
CEO who has put the company in difficulty and gets considerable
sums," she told BFM television, suggesting one way to offset
such remuneration was to develop staff shareholdings.
A spokeswoman for Stellantis said they do not comment on
politicians' positions and that the company would explain the
pay package in its 2022 remuneration report.
Just over 52% of the company's shareholders voted on Wednesday
against the compensation package in a consultative vote.
($1 = 0.9257 euros)
(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten and Leigh Thomas, Editing
by Kirsten Donovan)
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