French politician and top Emmanuel Macron aide François Bayro said on Wednesday that a long-running judicial case over the misuse of EU funds and the ensuing scandal had brought fellow party member and close aide Mariel de Sarnez to death. Took in an eyebrow-raising remark.
Bairro, de Saranage and several former French MEPs from the centrist Modem party are under investigation in France since 2017 He was accused of using fictitious parliamentary assistant positions in the European Parliament to divert €1.4 million worth of public money from the European Union on charges of misappropriation of government funds.
de Saranage later died from leukemia In January 2021. The legal matter is still going on.
“There is clearly a dimension of human aggression in cases like this that is overwhelming,” Told Beyrou, whose moderate centrist party is one of President Emmanuel Macron’s main allies in parliament, appears on French radio.
“In such a trap, there are broad-shouldered, thick-skinned people who can bear it, and others who do not have that strength, who fall ill, and who sometimes die, ” They said.
Both Biero and de Saranáez had to resign from their cabinet positions shortly after news of the investigation broke. Groove In press in June 2017.
When asked to confirm whether he was saying that de Saranage died because of the scandal, Bayro replied: “I don’t know a single person who knew him and could say otherwise.”
Both Bayrou and de Sarnez denied any wrongdoing in the case. On mondayA Paris public prosecutor requested the prosecution of Bayro and 12 other French politicians on charges of “misappropriation of public funds” or “collusion”.