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This morning's Canard Enchainé publishes a letter that Woerth has lied in one of the most serious scandals which have engulfed him (the illegal sale of a forest in the city where he is mayor, to a horse-racing crony of his - note that his wife is an active member of horse racing socieities and owns some racing horses)

Everybody on the right agrees that Woerth needs to go, but Sarko is still hanging on to him. The longer, the better...

Wind power

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 12:37:21 PM EST
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Re: The Story continues (none / 1)

Quick! Let's find some Roma to escort back to Bucharest, or suspicious dark-skinned youth assaulting policemen, anything...

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 03:56:03 PM EST
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