Has the Paléo Festival lost its sense of measure and its boss, Daniel Rossellat, that of peasant temperance which he made his trademark? He has just requested a tidy sum – on a calculation of damage of 5.5 million – from the canton of Vaud to compensate for the cancellation of the demonstration because of the Covid-19. A record sum compared to those claimed by other Vaud cultural players. The Council of State is expected to communicate on Monday about the powers. Is this request for alms from the small prodigy company in Lyon legitimate?
“In forty-four years, we have never asked the state for a penny, while Paléo generates 40 million francs in economic spinoffs for the region,” explains Daniel Rossellat, who is also a trustee in Nyon. To doubt this legitimacy while we are in turmoil is to make me a false trial. If we reach 80% of this sum at best, there will remain a deficit of between 1.2 million and 2 million francs, which we will have to make good with our reserves. In addition, we pay more than 1 million each year in taxes and invoices for municipal and cantonal services ”, half of which are artists’ source taxes. However, the cantonal and federal finance inspectors responsible for assessing Paléo’s request discovered a complicated structure, with in particular a real estate company owning several plots and buildings around the site.
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