The National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) has requested a trial before the criminal court, notably for corruption and influence peddling, against the Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, and the former boss of the Renault-Nissan automobile group, Carlos Ghosn, said the public prosecutor this Friday.
A suspicion of fictitious employment at 900,000 euros
The former Minister of Justice has been prosecuted since July 2021 in connection with this case. She is suspected of having received 900,000 euros from RNBV, a subsidiary of the Renault-Nissan alliance, without compensation for real work, between 2010 and 2012, while she was a lawyer and MEP (2009- 2019).
The investigations also sought to determine whether this fee agreement could have been used to hide lobbying activity in the European Parliament, prohibited to any elected official. In this case, Carlos Ghosn has been targeted since April 2023 by an international arrest warrant. Both dispute the charges.
At the beginning of July, the Paris Court of Appeal rejected the Minister of Culture's request to have the prescription recognized and thus put an end to the proceedings against it.
