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Old 17-06-10, 03:21 PM
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Default Le ministre s'est fait rembourser 12.000 euros de cigares

Now this is how you do an expenses scandal. Watch and learn, limeys.

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Le secrétaire d’Etat au Développement de la région-capitale Christian Blanc s’est fait offrir par l’Etat 12.000 euros de cigares en dix mois.

Il en a remboursé 3.500 euros le 10 juin, selon le Canard enchaîné à paraître mercredi.

La somme de 12.000 euros correspond aux dépenses de cigares de M. Blanc - des havanes - depuis juillet 2009, date du rattachement du secrétaire d’Etat au Premier ministre, écrit l’hebdomadaire satirique.

Auparavant, l’ancien patron d’Air France et de la RATP, était sous la tutelle du ministre de l’Ecologie, Jean-Louis Borloo.

Son chef de cabinet Jean-Marie Boutin a indiqué que M. Blanc avait, le 10 juin, effectivement remboursé 3.500 euros, correspondant "à la consommation réelle de cigares" du secrétaire d’Etat pour l’"année fiscale allant du 1er décembre 2009 au 31 mai 2010".

L’hebdomadaire indique qu’à cette date il avait commencé son enquête.

M. Boutin a indiqué avoir été chargé par M. Blanc de "mener un audit" pour faire la lumière sur la "zone grise" qui va des 3.500 aux 12.000 euros.

Dans un communiqué mardi, M. Blanc a mis en cause nommément l’un de ses anciens collaborateurs comme source de ces fuites, et a affirmé que "les montants en jeu n’ont jamais été portés à (sa) connaissance avant la réalisation de l’audit qu’il a lui-même demandé".

"Au vu de (ses) premiers résultats, Christian Blanc a immédiatement pris la décision, le 8 juin 2010, de rembourser à l’Etat les dépenses relatives à sa consommation personnelle. Ce remboursement a été effectué le 10 juin 2010", écrit le secrétaire d’Etat.

M. Blanc a déclaré ensuite à qu’il était "l’objet d’un règlement de comptes", mettant l’accent sur la "concomittance" entre sa décision de mettre fin aux fonctions de l’un de ses collaborateurs et la publication sur son compte de deux articles du Canard Enchaîné.

Il a précisé qu’il avait regardé les factures de cigares et qu’ils avaient été achetés "par l’assistant" de son ancien collaborateur.

"Je n’ai jamais eu la moindre information sur les consommations de cigares (...), je suis tombé de haut en apprenant tout ça", a-t-il dit.

Il a indiqué qu’il estimait "sa consommation réelle de cigares à deux boites de 25 cigares par mois" (incluant ceux qu’il offre) et qu’il "avait demandé le 8 juin à son chef de cabinet d’interrompre tout nouvel achat et d’identifier l’origine des autres consommations".

Selon son communiqué, M. Blanc "se réserve la possibilité de saisir les juridictions compétentes afin que soit menée une enquête approfondie".

La semaine dernière, l’hebdomadaire satirique avait révélé que M. Blanc avait été sommé par le fisc de répondre à une série de questions avant le 30 juillet. Il avait confirmé que "dans le cadre de la déclaration à l’ISF", "comme tout contribuable relevant de cet impôt", il était "interrogé sur la consistance de certains éléments de (son) patrimoine".
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Old 18-06-10, 02:36 PM
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Google's translation of this confirms that anything that ever happens in France makes no sense:
The Secretary of State for Development of the capital region Christian Blanc was offered 12,000 euros by the State of cigars in ten months.

He has paid 3,500 euros on June 10, according to Le Canard chained to appear Wednesday.

The sum of 12,000 euros would cover the cost of cigars Mr. White - Cuban cigars - from July 2009, when the attachment of the Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, wrote the satirical weekly.

Previously, the former CEO of Air France and RATP, was under the supervision of the Minister of Ecology Jean-Louis Borloo.

His chief of staff Jean-Marie Boutin said that Mr. White had, June 10, 3500 actually paid euro, "the actual consumption of cigars," the secretary of state for "fiscal year from 1 December 2009 on May 31, 2010.

The weekly said that to date he had begun his investigation.

Mr. Boutin said he was instructed by Mr. White "conduct an audit" to shed light on the "gray zone" which ranges from 3500 to 12,000 euros.

In a statement Tuesday, Mr. White has questioned namely one of his former colleagues as the source of the leaks and said that "the amounts involved have never been brought to (his) knowledge before performing audit he asked himself.

"In view of (his) first results, Christian White immediately took the decision, June 8, 2010, to reimburse state spending on personal consumption. This was repaid June 10, 2010," the Secretary of State.

Mr. White then said it was "subject to a settling of accounts", focusing on the "concomitant" between his decision to terminate the appointment of one of its employees and the publication on behalf of two articles of Chained Duck.

He said he had looked at the bills of cigars and had been bought "by the Wizard" from his former collaborator.

"I have never had the slightest information on the consumption of cigars (...), I came up and learning all this," he said.

He said he felt "its actual consumption of cigars in two boxes of 25 cigars per month (including those that offer) and he had" requested June 8 at his chief of staff to discontinue all new purchase and identify the origin of other drinks.

According to his statement, Mr. White "reserves the right to an appeal to authorities to carry out an extensive investigation.

Last week, the satirical newspaper revealed that Mr White had been summoned by the tax authorities to answer a series of questions before July 30. He confirmed that "as part of statement to the ISF," as any taxpayer under this tax, "he was" questioned the consistency of some elements of (his) heritage. "
How do taxpayer-provided cigars stack up against taxpayer-provided services for cleaning a moat?
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