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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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French legislators divided over a lawmaker caught buying drugs

France Lawmaker Drugs - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

French politicians are deeply divided over the fate of lawmaker Andy Kerbrat, caught last week buying synthetic drugs, and whether his breaking the law should push him to resign.

Kerbrat, of the far-left France Unbowed party, acknowledged the facts via a statement on X on Tuesday, asking his electors for forgiveness and blaming his personal drug consumption on “personal problems and psychological fragilities.”

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