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General Category => World News => Topic started by: EC on June 20, 2017, 10:03:54 am
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French Defence Minister Sylvie Goulard announced her resignation on Tuesday over a fake jobs scandal that has hit her small centrist MoDem party, allied with President Emmanuel Macron's party.
Goulard, who was previously a member of the European Parliament, said she could not remain in the government while there was a possibility that she could be investigated over alleged misuse of expenses at that parliament.
Her resignation comes as Macron carries out a minor reshuffle of his government following parliamentary elections on Sunday which handed him and his allies MoDem a commanding majority.
Goulard had only been in the defence job for a month following Macron's election to the presidency.
But she said the possibility of an investigation made it difficult for her to stay in the post given Macron's agenda to clean up politics.
More: http://www.france24.com/en/20170620-france-defence-minister-goulard-quits-eu-fake-jobs-inquiry