Affair of European parliamentary assistants: François Bayrou acquitted, five elected officials convicted. The president of the MoDem and ten centrist executives and elected officials were fixed this Monday on the decision of the Paris judicial court.
The former Minister of Justice Michel Mercier, tried for embezzlement of public funds, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, a fine of 20,000 euros, as well as a sentence two years of suspended ineligibility. Stéphane Thérou, the only parliamentary assistant who was tried for concealment of embezza, was acquitted. The mayor of Pau is fighting to assert his demands with a view to the second wave of the reshuffle.