US EditionFrance's Culture Minister to Be Tried on Corruption Charges
FRANCE, JUL 22 – Rachida Dati faces charges of illegal lobbying and accepting €900,000 in lawyer's fees while Carlos Ghosn is accused of financial misconduct and remains a fugitive in Lebanon.
- France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati will face trial on corruption and abuse of authority charges related to her time as a European Parliament member.
- The charges arise from a 2019 probe into claims that Dati received 900,000 euros in legal fees from a Renault-Nissan subsidiary located in the Netherlands during the period of 2010 to 2012, despite not carrying out any work for the company.
- Dati, 59, served as justice minister under Nicolas Sarkozy and was an MEP from 2009 to 2019 while allegedly lobbying illegally for Renault-Nissan at the European Parliament.
- Dati's lawyers Olivier Baratelli and Olivier Pardo said, "We will appeal this decision today," while she declared, "I am not afraid of anything or anyone."
- A hearing scheduled for September 29 will determine the trial date, which may take place following the municipal elections in Paris set for March of the coming year, where Dati intends to run for mayor.
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Corruption: Minister of Culture Rachida Dati allegedly received approximately 900,000 euros from a Dutch subsidiary of Renault-Nissan between 2010 and 2012…
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati to stand trial for corruption and lobbying
Dati, a high-profile minister who hopes to become mayor of Paris next year, was investigated in 2019 on suspicion of lobbying for the Renault-Nissan auto firm while working at the European Union agency
French Culture Minister Rachida Dati and Carlos Ghosn, former CEO of car manufacturers Renault and Nissan, are on trial for corruption.
The French Minister of Culture, the conservative Rachida Dati, also mayor of the VIIth district of Paris, will be tried for corruption and trading in influence for allegedly receiving unjustified payments from the car manufacturer Renault. In the same file will also be tried the former president of Renault Carlos Ghosn, who is in Lebanon fleeing justice. The trial, before the Paris Correctional Court, compromises the future of Dati, potential ca…
French culture minister and fugitive former auto exec to face corruption trial
PARIS — French Culture Minister Rachida Dati and former Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn will face trial on charges of corruption, a Ministry of Justice official confirmed.Dati is being charged with “passive corruption and influence peddling by a person holding elective public office within an international organization (in this case, the European Parliament),” the official, who was granted anonymity in accordance with standard practice for repo…
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