Will the indestructible Jack Lang fall from his pedestal? At the request of Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, the president of the Arab World Institute (IMA) was summoned, Sunday February 8, to the Quai d’Orsay by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot. He should “to be accountable” on his pleasant and monetary ties with the intercourse prison Jeffrey Epstein, whereas he’s now the goal, along with his daughter Caroline, of an investigation for “laundering of aggravated tax fraud”, introduced the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office, Friday night February 6.
His summons by the Quai d’Orsay was made public by the Elysée and Matignon on Thursday night, within the face of the emotion raised in public opinion, with a purpose to put strain on the previous minister of tradition, surrounded by requires resignation because the revelations on his proximity to the kid molester, who died in detention in 2019.
In this context, the federal government will not be excluding any choice. Mr. Lang is ordered to “think about the institution” which he has led since 2013, in line with the summons of the French government, the precedence being to “guarantee the proper functioning, continuity and integrity of the Arab World Institute”declared Mr. Barrot on Friday from Beirut. The boss of the Quai d’Orsay awaits clarification from the previous minister on the paperwork “ unprecedented and extremely serious” during which the identify of Jack Lang is talked about 673 occasions. Published by the American justice system final week on the request of the Trump administration, itself underneath strain on this affair, these paperwork “require rigorous and in-depth investigative work”estimates the pinnacle of French diplomacy.
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