
vu de l'étranger
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
Reporting the L'Oreal/Bettencourt affair: is it worth it? | Media | The Guardian
It was the perfect story: a mix of glitz, hairspray and celebrity family-feuding that turned into a political scandal threatening to engulf the highest reaches of the French state. But France's "Bettencourt affair" has taken a new turn, with editors accusing Nicolas Sarkozy of ordering the intelligence services to illegally spy on journalists and root out their sources. Reporters complain of phone-tapping, surveillance and the mysterious theft of laptops in a climate of intimidation some liken to the worst of the cold war.Arrêt sur images - Bettencourt, Riri et Floflo, vus par la télé suisse
El diario 'Le Monde' ha denunciado haber sido espiado por orden de la presidencia francesa para identificar una fuente que filtraba informaciones sobre el escándalo que rodea a la multimillonaria Liliane Bettencourt y defender así al actual ministro de Trabajo, Eric Woerth . "El Elíseo recurrió en julio a procedimientos que infringen directamente la ley" de protección de las fuentes de los periodistas, destacó en su portada 'Le Monde', que precisó la forma en que el contraespionaje francés, cumpliendo órdenes, estableció los vínculos entre un informador y un periodista del periódico. El presidente francés, Nicolas Sarkozy, desmintió a través de su gabinete las alegaciones del rotativo , y aseguró que "nunca dio la menor instrucción" a los servicios oficiales de información para investigar el origen de las noticias.
'Le Monde' denuncia que el Elíseo le espió para proteger al ministro Woerth | Medios | elmundo.es
Eine Reihe von Quartalszahlen werden die Börsen am Montag gleichwohl umtreiben wie Konjunkturdaten aus den USA. HB DÜSSELDORF. Quartalszahlen liefern RWE, Aareal Bank, AWD, Solarworld, Alitalia, Stada und Postbank. Um 14.30 Uhr wird der Industrieindex der New York Federal Reserve (Fed) für Mai veröffentlicht. Thyssen-Krupp hat zu einer Analystenkonferenz geladen. Bei Thales und Telegate stehen Hauptversammlungen an.
Nachrichten aus Wirtschaft, Finanzen, Politik, Unternehmen und Märkten - Handelsblatt Mobil
L’éditorial: L’impossible ministre Eric Woerth | Tribune de Genève
Affaire Bettencourt : Le ministre Eric Woerth sera interrogé par la police | International | Radio-Canada.ca
Le ministre du Travail Éric Woerth © AFP/Martin Bureau Un nouvel épisode vient s'ajouter au feuilleton politico-médiatique français autour de la fortune de l'héritière de L'Oréal, Liliane Bettencourt. Le ministre français du Travail, Éric Woerth, sera interrogé par la police dans le cadre de l'enquête sur une présumée évasion fiscale de l'héritière de L'Oréal, Liliane Bettencourt. Le gouvernement français a autorisé mercredi l'audition du ministre du Travail Éric Woerth par la police. La décision du gouvernement est intervenue le jour même où Florence Woerth, l'épouse du ministre, était entendue comme témoin par les enquêteurs de la brigade financière.El ministro de Trabajo francés será interrogado por el escándalo Bettencourt - ABC.es
El Consejo de ministros francés ha aprobado hoy que el ministro de Trabajo, Eric Woerth, pueda ser interrogado por la justicia, según requería la legislación francesa y tal como estaba previsto. Nicolas Sarkozy desea que su ministro de Trabajo, responda rápidamente a los inspectores de la brigada financiera que instruyen los distintos casos del fabuloso escándalo Bettencourt y por eso el presidente francés decidió conceder un carácter de urgencia al caso Woerth. Eric Woerth pidió hace días ser interrogado, para poder responder a las sospechas de complicidad o conflicto de intereses en el caso Bettencourt. Las conversaciones privadas entre Liliane Bettencourt y el gestor de su patrimonio, grabadas ilegalmente por un mayordomo, sugieren que Florence Woerth, esposa del ministro, fue contratada generosamente por la heredera de L’Oreal «a petición del ministro», cuando éste ejercía como ministro del Presupuesto (2007-2009).Le ministre Eric Woerth et sa femme seront interrogés par la police | Tribune de Genève
France Is Gripped by Bettencourt Scandal - NYTimes.com
This romantic stew is known as the “Bettencourt affair,” after the elderly heiress of the L’Oréal fortune, , 87. What began as a fierce family fight, with her daughter charging that Mrs. Bettencourt’s entourage has been manipulating her to steal her fortune, has shaken the office of President of . The affair has captivated France even as it enters the long summer holiday, with daily headlines, detentions and constant leaks. Mr.President Sarkozy was interviewed by France 2 TV at the Elysee palace President Sarkozy believes he has turned a corner with his spirited rebuttal of the charges laid against his government in the Bettencourt financial scandal. In his live interview on France 2 television, the president turned on his attackers - accusing them of resorting to slander to undermine his pension reform plan.
BBC News - Sarkozy battles to shake off Bettencourt scandal
BBC News - French minister Eric Woerth to be questioned
Labour Minister Eric Woerth is heading up a major pension reform A government report said last week that Mr Woerth did not use his former position as budget minister to spare Mrs Bettencourt from tax inspections. Following the request from the prosecutor's office in Nanterre, Mr Woerth is expected to be questioned by the judicial police and by the prosecutor leading the investigation into the affair, AFP news agency reported.Dans la presse étrangère, l'affaire Woerth-Bettencourt devient l
Pour le journal allemand der Spiegel , « cette affaire représente un danger sérieux pour le chef de l'Etat ». Le journal burkinabé Le Faso remarque que « l'Elysée semble avoir reçu un coup de massue »... Revue de presse internationale.FRANCE'S richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, is to be questioned by police about alleged tax evasion and money laundering in a scandal that has hit the government, a public prosecutor's spokeswoman said yesterday. President Nicolas Sarkozy has been embarrassed by claims by the former bookkeeper of L'Oreal cosmetics heiress Bettencourt, 87, that the billionairess and her late husband made illegal donations to politicians, including to Sarkozy's 2007 presidential election. "She will be questioned, but we have no further information at the moment," the spokeswoman for Nanterre prosecutor Philippe Courroye said.
Richest woman quizzed in tax scandal -- Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 -- English Window to China New
Scandals in France: The Elysée and the elite | The Economist
“A REPUBLIC beyond reproach.” That is what Nicolas Sarkozy promised the French people. Instead he has given them a government beyond belief. On July 4th two junior ministers resigned, one for charging Cuban cigars worth €12,000 ($15,000) to expenses, the other for hiring a €116,500 private jet to fly to a conference devoted to the penniless victims of the Haiti earthquake. Scandal surrounds Eric Woerth, the labour minister, and his wife, over whether they knew about the alleged tax evasion of Europe’s richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt. And now, after accusations that the Sarkozy campaign accepted €150,000 of illegal funds from the L’Oréal heiress, prosecutors have launched an investigation that may yet touch the president himself.JUST when it seemed as if things could not get any worse for President Nicolas Sarkozy, they did. For weeks, the French have been mesmerised by the Bettencourt affair, a dynastic lawsuit that turned into a scandal over alleged tax evasion by Liliane Bettencourt, heiress to the L’Oréal cosmetics empire (and donor to the ruling UMP party). This week the saga took an even more troubling turn amid murky reports of illegal donations to Mr Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign. Claire Thibout, who worked for Mrs Bettencourt and her late husband, was reported as telling Mediapart, a French website, that the couple had handed €150,000 ($190,000) in cash to Mr Sarkozy’s campaign, 20 times above the legal limit set by French party-financing rules. Ms Thibout, it was said, used to take out €50,000 in cash each week, to “pay the doctors, hairdressers, minor staff etc, and politicians.”

