Monday, 31. March 2003

Topic: POLITIK - on March 31, 2003 at 8:30:57 PM CEST

Ex-French Oil Exec Links Money to Chirac

he former president of Elf Aquitaine testified Monday that the French oil giant paid about $5 million to French political parties during his leadership - including to President Jacques Chirac's former party.

Loik Le Floch-Prigent said nearly all the money went to Chirac's former party until then-President Francois Mitterrand, a Socialist, demanded the cash be spread to both sides of the political spectrum. Chirac, a conservative, succeeded Mitterrand as president in 1995.

¬> Guardian

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