François Fillon, the French prime minister inflamed a row over the government's links to Arab dictators by admitting he enjoyed a free holiday on the Nile over the New Year paid for by Egypt's Hosni Mubarak.
The admission comes amid calls that Michèle Alliot-Marie, France's foreign minister, resign over a New Year holiday in Tunisia during which she twice used a private jet owned by a tycoon allegedly close to the country's deposed president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Mr Fillon claims he admitted to the trip "in the interests of transparency" although appeared to be designed as a damage limitation exercise, as the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné was due to break the story on Wednesday. More...
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The admission comes amid calls that Michèle Alliot-Marie, France's foreign minister, resign over a New Year holiday in Tunisia during which she twice used a private jet owned by a tycoon allegedly close to the country's deposed president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Mr Fillon claims he admitted to the trip "in the interests of transparency" although appeared to be designed as a damage limitation exercise, as the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné was due to break the story on Wednesday. More...
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