https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Former Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac's was jailed for three years on Thursday. Here is a look at how he became a political pariah in France after being charged with tax fraud and kicked out of the government in 2013. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161208/cahuzac-charged-tax-lies-and-audiotape Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:41:01 +0100 cahuzac-charged-tax-lies-and-audiotape Former French budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, who resigned in disgrace in 2013 after admitting to having a secret Swiss bank account, goes on trial Monday for tax fraud. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160208/french-ex-budget-minister-goeson-trial-for-tax-fraud Mon, 08 Feb 2016 09:04:36 +0100 french-ex-budget-minister-goeson-trial-for-tax-fraud France’s disgraced former budget minister Jerôme Cahuzac, who was sacked after admitting he hid funds in a Swiss account, also had a €2.5 million stashed in a secret bank account in the Isle of Man, a British tax haven, it was claimed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140313/disgraced-minister-hid-25m-in-isle-of-man Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:07:00 +0100 disgraced-minister-hid-25m-in-isle-of-man Some 11,000 French tax evaders, with secret funds hidden abroad have decided to own up in a bid to escape harsh punishments, France's budget minister has revealed. The mass mea culpa could bring in €1 billion ($1.4 billion) in extra revenue. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140116/over-11000-french-own-to-tax-evasion Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:15:00 +0100 over-11000-french-own-to-tax-evasion France’s former budget minister turned political pariah Jérôme Cahuzac, who has been charged with tax fraud, has provoked anger by filing an expenses claim asking parliament to pay for his travel costs, for when he appeared as part of a parliamentary inquiry into his wrongdoing. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130918/mps-sickened-by-disgraced-minister-travel-claim Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:33:00 +0200 mps-sickened-by-disgraced-minister-travel-claim It just gets worse and worse for France's ex-Budget Minister turned political pariah Jérôme Cahuzac. Facing a trial for tax fraud offences, he has been hit with a further charge of lying to the government, according to judicial sources. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130912/disgraced-ex-minister-hit-with-lying-charge Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:53:36 +0200 disgraced-ex-minister-hit-with-lying-charge French President François Hollande’s crusade against political corruption hit a roadblock early on Tuesday morning after the Senate voted to remove the most crucial article that would have forced ministers to make their assets public. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130716/hollandes-corruption-fight-hits-snag-with-senate-vote Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:45:00 +0200 hollandes-corruption-fight-hits-snag-with-senate-vote He hasn’t spoken in public in France for two years, but disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is set to play the role of professor on Wednesday, when he delivers a lecture on tax evasion to French Senators, much to the disgust of certain politicians. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130626/dsks-lecture-to-french-senators-causes-a-stir Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:58:00 +0200 dsks-lecture-to-french-senators-causes-a-stir Paris investigators are formally investigating the French branch of Swiss bank UBS on suspicion it helped try to persuade rich French clients to open undeclared accounts in Switzerland, a legal source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130601/ubs-france-placed-under-investigation Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:44:00 +0200 ubs-france-placed-under-investigation High ranking ministers in the French government can expect a grilling in the coming days as an investigation into a tax fraud scandal got underway on Tuesday. The probe was set up after the former budget minister admitted having a secret bank account. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130521/french-ministers-face-grilling-over-tax-scandal Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:28 +0200 french-ministers-face-grilling-over-tax-scandal As the French president put forward his plan to clean up politics to the government this week, Jacques Terray, Vice President of Transparency International France, tells The Local why the proposals must become law to restore public faith in politicians. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130425/france-needs-paparazzi-democracy-to-clean-up-politics Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:09:00 +0200 france-needs-paparazzi-democracy-to-clean-up-politics France's disgraced former budget minister, Jérôme Cahuzac gave his first televised interview on Tuesday since he quit his post after being charged with tax fraud. France's PM described it as a "pathetic" communications ploy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130417/disgraced-ex-minister-cahuzac-set-to-resign-as-mp Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:27:00 +0200 disgraced-ex-minister-cahuzac-set-to-resign-as-mp Hounded by the media over a major tax fraud scandal, France's former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac is having to "move every two days" to escape the glare, he said in an interview published on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130411/disgraced-minister-forced-to-move-every-two-days Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:05:00 +0200 disgraced-minister-forced-to-move-every-two-days Disgraced former French budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac tried to invest some €15 million ($19.4 million) in a Swiss fund in 2009, Swiss public television network RTS reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130407/cahuzac-sought-to-put-millions-in-swiss-bank-report Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:06:00 +0200 cahuzac-sought-to-put-millions-in-swiss-bank-report After the dramatic downfall of Jérôme Cahuzac this week, The Local looks back at some of the juiciest political scandals in French history. Underage ballerinas, African dictators, and sinful cardinals - here are the Top Ten outrageous French political scandals. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130405/top-ten-outrageous-french-political-scandals Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:35:00 +0200 top-ten-outrageous-french-political-scandals For 30 years he's been France's muck-raking journalist par excellence, and this week his investigative news site caused one of the most spectacular political downfalls in recent French history. Edwy Plenel is our French Face of the Week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130405/the-state-vs-edwy-plenel-frances-political-giant-killer Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:21:00 +0200 the-state-vs-edwy-plenel-frances-political-giant-killer President François Hollande described the actions of disgraced ex-Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac on Wednesday as "an insult to the Republic" and vowed to introduce a new law on ministers' wealth. Cahuzac has been charged in a tax evasion probe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130403/hollande-vows-new-law-on-ministers-wealth Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:07:00 +0200 hollande-vows-new-law-on-ministers-wealth France's former Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac confessed on Tuesday to having hidden €600,000 in a foreign bank account for the last 20 years. He was subsequently charged with the offence of "laundering the proceeds of tax fraud". https://www.thelocal.fr/20130402/frances-ex-budget-minister-admits-to-foreign-account Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:13:00 +0200 frances-ex-budget-minister-admits-to-foreign-account The resignation of Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac amid allegations he held a secret Swiss bank account has rocked the French government. Political commentators are describing it as President François Hollande’s greatest crisis yet. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130320/hollande-government-in-crisis-after-minister-quits Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:11:00 +0100 hollande-government-in-crisis-after-minister-quits