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| French interior minister resigns after reports he hired his daughters | French interior minister resigns after reports he hired his daughters |
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| French Interior Minister Bruno le Roux has resigned after media reported that he had hired his daughters to do parliamentary work while they were of student age. | French Interior Minister Bruno le Roux has resigned after media reported that he had hired his daughters to do parliamentary work while they were of student age. |
| During a press conference in Paris, Le Roux denied any wrongdoing, saying that he was quitting so that the investigation into his daughters’ employment wouldn’t “undermine the operations of the government.” | |
| Le Roux will be replaced as interior minister by Matthias Fekl, French President Francois Hollande’s office said. | Le Roux will be replaced as interior minister by Matthias Fekl, French President Francois Hollande’s office said. |
| Earlier, Le Roux admitted that he paid three of his daughters €55,000 of public money over seven years by employing them as his parliamentary assistants during college holidays. | Earlier, Le Roux admitted that he paid three of his daughters €55,000 of public money over seven years by employing them as his parliamentary assistants during college holidays. |
| The violations were committed between 2009 and 2016, when Le Roux was a member of the French national assembly. | The violations were committed between 2009 and 2016, when Le Roux was a member of the French national assembly. |
| Le Roux was summoned by Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Tuesday to explain himself. | Le Roux was summoned by Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Tuesday to explain himself. |
| The French Financial Prosecutor’s Office also announced that it had opened a preliminary inquiry into Le Roux’s actions. | The French Financial Prosecutor’s Office also announced that it had opened a preliminary inquiry into Le Roux’s actions. |
| Le Roux, one of the leading members of President Hollande’s Socialist party, had only been interior minister since December. | Le Roux, one of the leading members of President Hollande’s Socialist party, had only been interior minister since December. |
| A month before the first round of the presidential election in France, center-right presidential candidate Francois Fillon is also under investigation for employing his family, although on a somewhat larger scale. Fillon is charged with paying his wife and children around €900,000 in public money over more than a decade to do work for him. | |
| National Front presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is also being probed over misusing EU money to fictitiously employ her staff while being a member of the European Parliament. |