[HIGHLIGHTS] François Bayrou acquitted: the Paris prosecutor's office announces an appeal in the case of the Modem parliamentary assistants

François Bayrou acquitted in the case of the financing of European parliamentary assistants of the MoDem. Stéphane Thérou (director of the office of the mayor of Pau) and Pierre-Emmanuel Portheret (former director general of MoDem) are also concerned by the appeal.

The prosecution “contests these acquittals” because it “considers that the facts characterize the offenses charged and that the evidence of these offenses is gathered against all the defendants”