Latest update: 02/07/2010 

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French labour minister: should he resign over scandal?

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Can labour minister Eric Woerth withstand the onslaught? Faced with suspicion that he may have helped France's richest woman, L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, escape the scrutiny of the French tax authorities, Woerth is lashing back. With the full support of the president and his conservative UMP party, he is denouncing what he calls vicious politically motivated attacks and vows he will not step down. But should he?

Program prepared by Aurélien Aeberhard and Charlotte Oberti.


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