Coronavirus: France to launch inquiry into ex-PM and ministers over handling of crisis

A French court will open an inquiry into former prime minister Edouard Philippe and two cabinet ministers over their handling of the coronavirus crisis, a prosecutor said on Friday.The inquiry will be led by the Law Court of the Republic (CJR), which deals with claims of ministerial misconduct, said senior prosecutor Francois Molins.Along with Philippe, who was replaced on Friday in the first stage of a government reshuffle, the ministers under investigation are former health minister Agnes…

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