Former French budget minister faces formal investigation over 'illegal' land sale
Former French budget minister Eric Woerth faces being placed under formal investigation - one step short of being charged - over a sale he ordered when in office of state-owned forest land to a horse-racing company, after a preliminary enquiry into the deal has been told it was concluded at just one third of the real value, Mediapart can reveal.
EricEric Woerth, the former French budget minister, and later labour minister, now faces being placed under formal investigation over the sale he oversaw of state-owned forest land to a horse-racing company and which a preliminary enquiry has found was concluded at just one third of the real value, Mediapart can reveal.
