French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati will be judged for allegations of corruption and abuse of powers she allegedly committed at a time when she was a Member in the European Parliament (EP). AFP said it on Tuesday an unnamed source from the environment of French justice, writes TASR.
The Minister is charged with Renault-Nissan’s cases
Datiová (59), who plans to run for the mayor of Paris next year, was still accused of being lobbying in the EP for the Renault-Nissan automobile group in 2019. She denies it herself.
He is now accused of adopting EUR 900,000 for legal services from the Dutch subsidiary of Renault-Nissan in 2010-2012. However, she is not accused of working directly for this car when she was a MEP in 2009-2019.
According to the aforementioned AFP source, French investigating judges ordered the former Renault-Nissan management member to be tried to be tried. This 71-year-old magnate has lived in Lebanon for years, where he escaped from Japan, where he was detained for suspicion of financial fraud. It also denies any offense.
The trial could only start after the Paris Municipal Elections
According to the cited source, the date of the beginning of the trial is to be decided at a preliminary hearing, which will take place on 29 September. Another source, familiar with the case, told AFP that the trial could only be started after the Parisian municipal elections planned for March 2026.
Dati, the daughter of North African immigrants from the workers’ environment, has long been unsuccessfully trying to cancel the accusations of her person.
Ghosn, former chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, was detained in Japan in November 2018 for suspicion of financial fraud. Subsequently, he was dismissed by the Nissan Board of Directors with a unanimous decision. In Japan, he was released from custody to bail and then went to Beirut. Since then, Tokyo and Paris has been asking for his detention.
