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Dominique De Villepin Received Statuettes Worth 125,000 Euros when He Was a Minister, According to "Additional Investigation"

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The former Minister of Foreign Affairs is questioned by lobbyist Robert Bourgi regarding the receipt of valuable gifts when he was stationed at the Quai d'Orsay Dominique de Villepin,

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The former Prime Minister received two statuettes from Napoleon, for a total value of 125,000 euros, transmitted by the lobbyist who had triggered the affair of François Fillon's costumes.

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The next issue of Supplement d'investigation, broadcast on Thursday 30 April on France 2, is devoted to Dominique de Villepin, likely candidate for the presidential election of 2027. In the program, lawyer and businessman Robert Bourgi states that the former minister would have received gifts in the form of statuettes for 125,000 euros in the early 2000s, including an African dictator. It was this same lawyer who was responsible for the revelati…

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In the run-up to the presidential elections of 2027, Dominique de Villepin was targeted by revelations from the show "Complete Investigation" on two luxury statuettes received when he was a minister. Lobbyist Robert...

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"Additional investigation" reveals that Dominique de Villepin received for 125,000 euros statuettes from Robert Bourgi, already at the heart of the scandal of the costumes of François Fillon

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The former Prime Minister assures that he would have "never" accepted these objects if he had known "their provenance" and said he was ready to return them.

·Paris, France
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According to the investigation, the former Minister for Foreign Affairs received two objects of exception through an intermediary, which he disputes in part.

·Paris, France
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franceinfo.fr broke the news on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
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