Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2019 shows the chicken cooked with chilies displayed by the canteen of Shanghai International Studies University during the Shanghai University Gourmet Carnival in Shanghai, east China. The second Shanghai University Gourmet Carnival kicked off in East China University of Science and Technology on Sunday, displaying more than 70 dishes from 34 colleges and universities in Shanhai. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2019 shows the chicken cooked with chilies displayed by the canteen of Shanghai International Studies University during the Shanghai University Gourmet Carnival in Shanghai, east China. The second Shanghai University Gourmet Carnival kicked off in East China University of Science and Technology on Sunday, displaying more than 70 dishes from 34 colleges and universities in Shanhai. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

 
Long-simmering anger over the high cost of living in French overseas territories resurfaced this week with a tweet about an organic chicken from mainland France which sold for an eye-watering 51 euros.

A lawmaker from French Guiana posted a photo of the bird and lashed out at French supermarket chain U over the price in an outlet on the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin. It was retweeted 5,000 times. Gabriel Serville pointed out that "20 percent of people in the Antilles and 45 percent of people in Guiana live on less than 420 euros a month."

"Who pays 51 euros for a chicken? A chicken, even if it's roasted, does not cost 51 euros," an outraged consumer said. "A chicken at that price, I hope it's in business class on a plane with a glass of champagne," another tweet said.

Serville said he had written to French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe in March asking him to take "concrete steps" to fight inflation in the French Caribbean.