Can a promoter convicted by the justice system receive a state decoration? The question arises since Christian Terrassoux's promotion. On 15 May 2026, a presidential decree raised him to the rank of Commander of the National Order of Merit. Only ten months earlier, the judicial court in Paris had convicted him of abusing social property. A Mediapart investigation revealed this chronology, to say the least embarrassing, which shows once again the…
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Can a promoter convicted by the justice system receive a state decoration? The question arises since Christian Terrassoux's promotion. On 15 May 2026, a presidential decree raised him to the rank of Commander of the National Order of Merit. Only ten months earlier, the judicial court in Paris had convicted him of abusing social property. A Mediapart investigation revealed this chronology, to say the least embarrassing, which shows once again the…