French Labour Minister Eric Woerth has denied allegations that he granted a tax reduction for a casino owner when he was Budget Minister. This is the latest in a string of allegations of impropriety by Woerth, who is being investigated for conflicts of interest in the case of Liliane Bettencourt, France’s richest woman.
French newspaper Liberation published a letter on Friday that Woerth wrote in January 2009 to Jean-François Mancel, a former secretary general of the UMP party, in which he revealed his intention to grant a tax reduction to casino owner Pascal Pessiot.
