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Mediapart founder Edwy Plenel and his colleague Fabrice Arfi appear at the Cahuzac inquiry
21/05/2013 - France

French parliament opens inquiry into Cahuzac scandal

A French parliamentary inquiry opened on Tuesday into whether President François Hollande’s government tried to cover up for former budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac, who ...

17/04/2013 - France

Ayrault defends Hollande as disgraced budget minister bows out of politics

France’s disgraced budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac is to give up his seat in parliament.

10/04/2013 - France

Front National's Le Pen had Swiss bank account, Mediapart claims

France’s far-right Front National (FN) has been caught up in the fallout from the Jérôme Cahuzac scandal about the former budget minister's secret bank account abroad, with ...

10/04/2013 - France - China

Franco-Chinese artist Zao Wou-Ki dies, aged 93

Franco-Chinese abstract painter Zao Wou-Ki has died aged 93. His death has intensified a legal battle between his wife and son.

07/04/2013 - France - Switzerland

Disgraced budget minister had 15 million in Swiss account, report

Disgraced French Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac had 15 million euros salted away in his secret Swiss bank account, a Swiss reporter claimed Sunday.

07/04/2013

French weekly magazines review

The French weeklies are dominated by the affaire of the disgraced French budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac.

06/04/2013 - France

Hollande calls for probity as scandal threatens to hit French right

French President François Hollande on Saturday called for “exemplary” behaviour from public office-holders as the scandal that toppled budget minister Jérôme ...

03/04/2013 - France

Hollande government reeling after ex-minister's Swiss account confession

France’s Socialist government is desperately trying to recover from the shock of former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac confession that he salted money away in a foreign bank account.

31/03/2013

French weekly magazines review

The French weeklies are dominated by President François ...

24/03/2013

French weekly magazines review

In the French weeklies: the resignation of French minister Jérôme Cahuzac over a tax scandal; the new Pope Francis, and how to spot a "narcissistic pervert".

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