Emmanuel Macron “Take note” of the referral of Rachida Dati in correctional for “corruption” and “trafficking in influence”, said the Élysée in RTL, this Tuesday, July 22, 2025. It remains maintained in the government.
Earlier in the day, Parisian investigation judges ordered the correctional referral of the Minister of Culture and the former boss of Renault-Nissan Carlos Ghosn for corruption and influence traffic. The two accused disputes the accusations In this judicial file has been educated since 2019 in Paris and the heavy political issues, Rachida Dati being one of the main figures of the government of François Bayrou and potential candidate for the town hall of Paris.
A first hearing, scheduled for September 29, should make it possible to fix the date of the trialaccording to a judicial source. The trial could be held after the municipal elections, scheduled for March 2026.
The minister, 59, will be tried to conceal abuse of power and breach of trust, corruption and traffic of influence passive by person invested with a public elective mandate within an international organization, the European Parliament. She is suspected of having received 900,000 euros between 2010 and 2012 For consulting services with a fee agreement signed on October 28, 2009 with RNBV, a subsidiary of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, but without having really worked, while it was a lawyer and European deputy (2009-2019).
Rachida Dati charged in July 2021
The investigations also sought to determine whether this fee agreement could have been used to hide a lobbying activity in the European Parliament, prohibited for all elected.
After being initially placed under the more favorable status of assisted witness, Rachida Dati was indicted in July 2021. The Minister of Culture, who was also the Keeper of the Seals under Nicolas Sarkozy, notably considers these facts as prescribed and has multiplied in vain the appeals to put an end to the prosecution.
“Appeals are still hanging, but do not preclude the investigating magistrates to make their order for the end of information,” said the judicial source to AFP.
Carlos Ghosn71, has been targeted since April 2023 by an international arrest warrant In this file and will be tried for abuse of powers by company manager, breach of trust, corruption and active influence traffic, in a file where the Renault company has been a civil party. He disputes all the accusations.
The one who owns the Lebanese, French and Brazilian nationalities was arrested at the end of 2018 in Japan in late 2018 where he was to be tried for alleged financial embezzlement when he was at the head of Renault-Nissan. He found refuge in Lebanon at the end of 2019 after a incredible leak in Japan.