The Local France 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 Disgraced ex-minister's wife charged in tax probe The estranged wife of France's disgraced former Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac has been charged with tax fraud and money laundering in the same scandal that cost her husband his job, a judicial source said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130830/disgraced-ministers-wife-charged-in-tax-probe Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:11:00 +0200 disgraced-ministers-wife-charged-in-tax-probe Disgraced ex-minister abandons re-election bid France's disgraced former budget minister, forced out of office over a tax fraud scandal, will not seek re-election to his former parliamentary seat, a newspaper reported Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130519/disgraced-ex-minister-ends-re-election-bid Sun, 19 May 2013 13:44:00 +0200 disgraced-ex-minister-ends-re-election-bid Budget minister battles Swiss bank account rap Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and other government ministers are rallying to the defence of embattled Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac who faces accusations of having held an undeclared Swiss bank account. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121206/budget-minister-battles-swiss-bank-account-charges Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:25:00 +0100 budget-minister-battles-swiss-bank-account-charges