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Environment Minister Francois de Rugy has been under intense pressure after the Mediapart website accused him of hosting friends to opulent meals while he was speaker of parliament. [AFP]
A senior French cabinet minister and close ally of President Emmanuel Macron resigned on Tuesday after reports accused him of extravagant state-funded lobster dinners and misusing public housing in a blow to the centrist government.
Francois de Rugy, who was named environment minister in September 2018, announced his departure after a week of revelations from the leftwing website Mediapart.
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