Google – AFP, 15 April 2013
French
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault gestures as he speaks on April 13,
2013
(AFP/File, Fred Dufour)
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PARIS —
French ministers disclosed their personal wealth for the first time on Monday,
in a move President Francois Hollande hopes will restore confidence in his
scandal-hit Socialist government.
The assets
-- property, shares, life insurance or vehicles -- of 37 ministers and of Prime
Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault were published online on the website
http://www.declarations-patrimoine.gouvernement.fr/.
With the
economy stagnant, unemployment on the rise and the government slashing
spending, senior officials admit the move is risky and could create resentment
by unmasking several fortuned ministers.
But the
government has pushed ahead in the hopes the measure will help turn the page on
a damaging scandal over tax fraud charges laid against ex-budget minister
Jerome Cahuzac after he admitted having a secret foreign bank account.
According
to the revelations, foreign minister Laurent Fabius is among the wealthiest --
owning three properties worth a total of 3.9 million euros ($5.1 million) --
while Ayrault has two houses and a garage.
Hollande
himself did not make a new assets declaration Monday, as he already released
details of his wealth when elected president.
At the time
he declared 1.17 million euros in assets, including a house in the southern
town of Mougins and two apartments in Cannes, though he is still paying 1,500
euros a month on loans.
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