At the flip of the “barbouzeries” affair round PSG, Rachida Dati’s relations with two lobbyists | EUROtoday

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French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, leaves the Élysée Palace in Paris after the weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers, January 5, 2026.

A authorized file with drawers, the “barbouzeries” affair surrounding Paris-Saint-Germain and its Qatari president, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, constitutes an actual Who’s Who it’s so filled with illustrious surnames. Among them is that of the Minister of Culture and Mayor (Les Républicains) of sevene district of Paris, Rachida Dati, additionally referred to the legal courtroom for “corruption” within the case of the previous CEO of Renault-Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, and focused by one other judicial investigation linked to her remuneration when she was a European deputy (2009-2019), specifically for “embezzlement of public funds”.

As already narrated Release and Mediapart, which connects Mme Dati to one of many many parts of the authorized file referred to as “barbouzeries around PSG” is his bond of friendship, damaged right this moment, with the Franco-Algerian lobbyist Tayeb Benabderrahmane. The latter is being prosecuted on this case for “corruption”, “influence peddling”, but additionally for “forgery and use of forgery” and “aiding illegal stay in an organized gang”.

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