The Latest Breaking News from Eric DupondMoretti

French police hunt killers behind prison van ambush

French police were on Wednesday hunting for a group of gunmen who killed two prison officers in an attack at a motorway toll that freed a convict linked to gangland drug killings.

Radio France Internationale · May 15, 2024

French Police Hunt Killers Behind Prison Van Ambush

French police were on Wednesday hunting for a group of gunmen who killed two prison officers in an attack at a motorway toll that freed a convict linked to gangland drug killings.

International Business Times · May 15, 2024

France a step closer to compensating victims of past anti-gay laws

France's LGBTQ+ activists have welcomed a decision by the National Assembly to approve a bill compensating people convicted of the "offence of homosexuality" between 1942 and 1982. Up to 400 victims could be eligible for reparations under the draft law, which must now be examined by the Senate.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 11, 2024

French justice minister acquitted in unprecedented conflict of interest case

A special tribunal on Wednesday acquitted French Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti in a conflict of interest in a case that has embarrassed President Emmanuel Macron's government.

France 24 · Nov 29, 2023

French prosecutor urges suspended prison sentence for justice minister

The French public prosecutor facing Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti at the special Republican Court of Justice (CJR) have asked judges to find him guilty of using his position to settle personal scores, and to hand him a one-year suspended prison sentence.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 16, 2023

France's justice minister goes on trial for alleged conflict of interest

Justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti went on trial on Monday on charges of using his office to satisfy private interests. Having refused to step aside during the trial, he’s the first minister to be tried by the special Republican Court of Justice (CJR) while in office.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 6, 2023

‘Unprecedented’: French justice minister on trial for allegedly using office to settle scores

France’s justice minister goes on trial Monday on charges of using his office to settle personal scores, in an unprecedented case that has raised concern about checks and balances in French democracy.

France 24 · Nov 6, 2023

Versailles Palace evacuated for sixth time after another bomb threat

France's Palace of Versailles was evacuated for the sixth time in a week on Saturday following a bomb threat. False alerts in the country have been increasing since a teacher was stabbed to death in a jihadist attack on 13 October.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 21, 2023

French riots have resulted in thousands of convictions, justice minister says

Nearly 2,000 people have been convicted in France over nationwide riots sparked in late June by the fatal police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop near Paris, the Justice Minister said on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 29, 2023

More than 700 people handed prison sentences over French riots

Some 742 people have been sentenced to prison over the recent urban violence in France, the country's justice minister said Wednesday, lauding the "firm" response of magistrates.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 19, 2023