If François Bayrou considered resuming a major position in the government immediately after his acquittal in the affair of the MoDem parliamentary assistants on Monday, it was with a taste of revenge in his mouth.
In 2017, a month after his appointment as Minister of Justice, the centrist resigned after the opening of the preliminary investigation into these suspicions of embezzlement.
The five MEPs implicated were convicted, but Bayrou escaped
“with the benefit of the doubt”
, according to the court.
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The mayor of Pau may play a showdown with Emmanuel Macron over the composition of the new government, but he shares a conviction with the head of state: this outcome confirms that politics does not have to submit to the injunctions of procedures. judicial.
Before Bayrou, an ally of the president since 2017, two important ministers have recently been released.
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In November, the Court of Justice of the Republic (composed mainly of parliamentarians) exonerated the guard…
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