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Head of Mitsubishi France Calls Industry Minister a “Retard”

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We never knew him personally, but this head of Mitsubishi Motors' independent French dealer network, Jean-Claude Debard, seems like a very outspoken an passionate person. It’s always a shame when you lose those!
Debard has reportedly stepped dawn for person reasons, but isn’t calling the French Industry Minister a retard kind of personal?

Here’s the statement the Mitsubishi man reportedly made to French daily La Provence: “This moron, this retard, is increasing green taxes, lowering speed limits on the Paris ring road and ruining our lives. He is stupid and understands nothing, you can quote me on that.”

As a member of the Socialist Party, France's industry minister, Arnaud Montebourg has (wrongfully in the case of the Koreans) accused Asian automakers of dumping cars in France. He is also against PSA’s rumored plans to cut jobs in France and move to Chinese factories.

He is a socialist after all. Can you say “France Uber Alles”, or was that “Vive la France!”? We get them confused sometimes.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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