Sarkozy to ministers: Take vacation in France
JENNY BARCHFIELD Associated Press= PARIS (AP) — A government minister taking a sun-and-sea getaway paid by an unsavory autocrat? While that scenario would be unthinkable in many countries, in France some top figures have made a habit of planning their vacations around the largesse of foreign governments or influential tycoons. But the long-standing practice has come under scrutiny following revelations that the French prime minister took a family holiday funded by Egypt’s government, and the foreign minister vacationed in Tunisia amid violent anti-government protests there. As French media had a field day Wednesday — running front-page photos of Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Foreign…
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Sarkozy to ministers: Take vacation in France
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