François Bayrou's Appeal Trial Opens in Paris Over MoDem Funds Case
The former prime minister faces charges of misuse of public funds alongside 10 other defendants, having been acquitted in 2024, according to Le Monde.
Former French Prime Minister François Bayrou's appeal trial opened in Paris, Le Monde reported, over allegations of misusing public funds tied to parliamentary assistants for his MoDem party.
Bayrou will face nearly a month of proceedings before the Paris court of appeal alongside 10 other defendants from MoDem, according to the report, which said he was acquitted in 2024 while the party and other co-defendants were fined and given suspended prison sentences.
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- Assistants parlementaires du MoDem : le procès en appel de François Bayrou s’est ouvert à Paris — Le Monde — Une
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