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...Sarkozy, as guarantor of the independence of the justice system, “used his status as a former president to favour a judge who had served his personal interest”, judge Christine Mée said....
...In 2013, an investigation into allegations that Mr Sarkozy solicited illegal campaign financing from Liliane Bettencourt, France’s wealthiest woman, was dropped for lack of evidence....
...Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund and former finance minister, has been questioned as a witness in the case....
...Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund and Mr Sarkozy’s finance minister at the time, was also questioned but was then placed under the lesser status of “assisted witness”....
...He is suspected of taking advantage of an enfeebled Liliane Bettencourt, the 90-year-old heiress to the L’Oréal cosmetics empire, by procuring illicit election funds from her in 2007....
...The Tapie compensation deal is a further embarrassment to the president, who is already embroiled in allegations of illegal party financing involving Liliane Bettencourt, France’s richest woman....
...Christine Lagarde, finance minister, said only last month there was “no question” of abandoning it. Barely a month later, the tax shield is effectively dead....
...Christine Ropert at Gilbert Dupont said: “This is quite good for CGG Veritas as it succeeded in winning two Saudi Aramco contracts in January so Saudi is familiar with the company already and CGG has experience...
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