Rachida Dati accused of lobbying for carmaker Renault-Nissan when she was member of European parliament
Rachida Dati , a former French culture minister, has gone on trial in Paris on corruption charges linked to dealings with the Renault-Nissan carmaking group.
Dati, 60, is accused of illegal lobbying when she accepted €900, 000 (£770, 000) in lawyer’s fees from a Netherlands-based subsidiary of Renault-Nissan while she was a member of the European parliament. The court will have to decide what the money was for. Continue reading...