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Content <p>PARIS — The town hall in the Norman port city of Le Havre was raided by police on Wednesday, as investigators probe the city&#8217;s mayor, Edouard Philippe, who has been accused of a series of alleged wrongdoings including harassment and misusing public funds, <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2024/04/03/le-pnf-a-ouvert-une-enquete-preliminaire-visant-edouard-philippe-et-une-elue-havraise_6225791_3224.html" target="_blank">Le Monde</a> reported.</p> <p>According to the French daily, financial prosecutors are investigating a multi-year agreement signed by Philippe — who served as prime minister under Emmanuel Macron&#8217;s presidency from 2017 to 2020 — and Stéphanie de Bazelaire, one of his deputy mayors. The agreement granted a nonprofit organization presided over by de Bazelaire the task of managing Le Havre&#8217;s innovation center, Le Monde said.</p> <p>The investigation was launched after a former metropolitan community employee, whose contract was not renewed by Philippe, lodged a legal complaint in September.</p> <p>In a statement, the city of Le Havre confirmed the raid, which it labelled as &#8220;customary in this sort of investigation.&#8221; </p> <p>Philippe was the first prime minister appointed by Macron after his election and remains France&#8217;s most favorably viewed politician, according to an <a href="https://www.ipsos.com/fr-fr/barometre-politique-ipsos-la-tribune-dimanche" target="_blank">Ipsos poll</a> released last month. </p> <p>He&#8217;s also considered a likely contender in the 2027 presidential contest. In February, Philippe told a <a href="https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/presidentielle-2027-je-me-prepare-declare-edouard-philippe-sur-france-bleu-1688268" target="_blank">local radio station</a> he was &#8220;preparing himself&#8221; ahead of the vote.</p>

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Hidden blurb --- !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::RSSEntry published: 2024-04-03 14:30:00.000000000 Z carlessian_info: news_filer_version: 2 newspaper: Politico EU macro_region: Europe entry_id: !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::GloballyUniqueIdentifier is_perma_link: 'false' guid: https://www.politico.eu/?post_type=article&p=4533321 title: French prosecutor opens probe against Macron’s former PM Edouard Philippe categories: - Elections - Mayors - Public funding - Politics content: |2 <p>PARIS — The town hall in the Norman port city of Le Havre was raided by police on Wednesday, as investigators probe the city&#8217;s mayor, Edouard Philippe, who has been accused of a series of alleged wrongdoings including harassment and misusing public funds, <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2024/04/03/le-pnf-a-ouvert-une-enquete-preliminaire-visant-edouard-philippe-et-une-elue-havraise_6225791_3224.html" target="_blank">Le Monde</a> reported.</p> <p>According to the French daily, financial prosecutors are investigating a multi-year agreement signed by Philippe — who served as prime minister under Emmanuel Macron&#8217;s presidency from 2017 to 2020 — and Stéphanie de Bazelaire, one of his deputy mayors. The agreement granted a nonprofit organization presided over by de Bazelaire the task of managing Le Havre&#8217;s innovation center, Le Monde said.</p> <p>The investigation was launched after a former metropolitan community employee, whose contract was not renewed by Philippe, lodged a legal complaint in September.</p> <p>In a statement, the city of Le Havre confirmed the raid, which it labelled as &#8220;customary in this sort of investigation.&#8221; </p> <p>Philippe was the first prime minister appointed by Macron after his election and remains France&#8217;s most favorably viewed politician, according to an <a href="https://www.ipsos.com/fr-fr/barometre-politique-ipsos-la-tribune-dimanche" target="_blank">Ipsos poll</a> released last month. </p> <p>He&#8217;s also considered a likely contender in the 2027 presidential contest. In February, Philippe told a <a href="https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/presidentielle-2027-je-me-prepare-declare-edouard-philippe-sur-france-bleu-1688268" target="_blank">local radio station</a> he was &#8220;preparing himself&#8221; ahead of the vote.</p> summary: Presidential hopeful Philippe is one of France's most favorably viewed politician. rss_fields: - title - url - summary - author - categories - published - entry_id - content url: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-prosecutor-opens-probe-against-former-pm-edouard-philippe/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication author: Victor Goury-Laffont

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