disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against a medical secretary implicated in a case of possible “sex tape” blackmail in the upper house. The presidency of the Senate refutes any “link” between these accusations and the dismissal of a doctor.

“We had the wrong target. They preferred to fire me than go to the real sources of the affair,” said the dismissed doctor. An investigation was opened in Paris after a report from Gérard Larcher, relating to “a potential sex tape used for blackmail purposes” within the Luxembourg Palace.