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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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