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French ex-culture minister Rachida Dati goes on trial in Carlos Ghosn graft case

(This combination of file pictures created on July 22, 2025 shows France's ex-culture minister Rachida Dati (L) and former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn.
File combination of French ex-culture minister Rachida Dati and fugitive businessman Carlos Ghosn created July 22, 2025. © Julien de Rosa, Joseph Eid, AFP

France's former culture minister Rachida Dati goes on trial at a Paris court Wednesday in a corruption case involving charges of lobbying for Renault-Nissan when she was a European parliament member. The high-profile case centres on a contract signed in October 2009 between Dati and fugitive businessman Carlos Ghosn, then head of Renault-Nissan. Dati denies the allegations.

France's ex-culture minister Rachida Dati is to go on trial Wednesday on corruption charges linked to dealings with the Renault-Nissan group, just months after her bruising defeat in the Paris mayoral race.

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