{"id":105910,"date":"2019-07-16T20:47:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T19:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=105910"},"modified":"2019-07-16T20:47:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T19:47:52","slug":"minister-resigns-in-luxury-dinners-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/minister-resigns-in-luxury-dinners-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister resigns in luxury dinners scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A senior French cabinet minister resigned on Tuesday after reports accused him of extravagant spending, including on luxury dinners, but lashed out at what he termed a \u201cmedia lynching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Environment Minister Francois de Rugy has been under unrelenting pressure for a week after the Mediapart website accused him of hosting friends to opulent meals, complete with lobster and vintage wines, while he was speaker of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attacks and media lynching targeting my family forces me to take the necessary step back,\u201d said de Rugy, who also held the post of minister of state which made him the number two in government after Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe effort required to defend my name means that I am not able to serenely and efficiently carry out my mission. I presented my resignation to the prime minister this morning,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105912\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-16-at-8.43.56-PM-300x195.png\" alt=\"Luxury dinner items\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-16-at-8.43.56-PM-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-16-at-8.43.56-PM-341x220.png 341w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-16-at-8.43.56-PM.png 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luxury dinner items<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rugy lashed out at Mediapart, which has repeatedly published stories that have rattled the French elite since it was established in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had filed a legal complaint against the left-wing publication for \u201cdefamation\u201d, accusing it of a desire \u201cto harm, smear and destroy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Emmanuel Macron, in his first reaction to the revelations, on Monday said he had asked Philippe for \u201cfull clarity\u201d as he took decisions not \u201cbased on revelations but facts\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Macron, who is keen to promote his green credentials, has struggled to find a long-term occupant for the environment ministry.<\/p>\n<p>De Rugy last year succeeded Macron\u2019s first appointment to the job, Nicolas Hulot, a celebrity environmentalist who quit after saying that his cabinet colleagues were doing too little to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior French cabinet minister resigned on Tuesday after reports accused him 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