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Affair of the FN assistants in the European Parliament: “it is an attack on probity”, believes Patrick Lefas, president of Transparency International France
Affair of the FN assistants in the European Parliament: “it is an attack on probity”, believes Patrick Lefas, president of Transparency International France – (FRANCEINFO)
Marine Le Pen, her father and others have been referred to the criminal court in the case of embezzlement of public funds in the European Parliament. If this affair is proven, would it amount to corruption? Elements of response, Saturday December 9, with Patrick Lefas, president of Transparency International France.
“It is in any case an attack on probity”, believes Patrick Lefas, president of Transparency International France, in reference to the case of embezzlement of public funds in the European Parliament, in which Marine Le Pen and other people were referred to the criminal court. “The term corruption implies a pact of corruption: there must be a corruptor and a corrupted person. This is an attack on integrity which is a misappropriation of public funds.”, he adds.
France in the top 20 of the corruption perception index
The organization Transparency International France publishes a corruption perception index every year. “France is in the top 20” of this ranking “on a total of 180”which is “relatively positive”, recalls Patrick Lefas. “But she’s not in the lead, even though she should be”, he warns. The leading countries are Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore. “It therefore seems to us that there is an effort to be made to ensure that our behavior, public opinion’s perception of the integrity and exemplarity of leaders, are commonly shared.”.
