Woerth condemns "vile attack"
June 23, 2010
Eric Woerth said Tuesday on France 3 that he "was not thought to resign" for the government in connection with the case Liliane Bettencourt, arguing that "there is also no reason (that it) does so.
The Minister of Labour MPs denounced before the attack "disgusting", "disgraceful", adding: "my integrity like that of Florence (his wife, ed) is total.
"Neither she nor I have been informed of any fraud or tax evasion" and "never, I repeat, I never gave any instruction to the tax authorities regarding the situation of Mrs. Bettencourt, or that of The Oreal, "said the minister.
"The role of my wife was placing the dividends of the company L'Oreal paid annually to Mrs. Bettencourt, wife of Andre Bettencourt, minister of General de Gaulle, in a transparent and legally," he reiterated.
"I'm the right target at the right time," he also said the minister, one of the most to the government for several weeks with the pension reform.Without naming Mediapart, who last week revealed the clandestine recordings led to controversy, he cited "information that turns a website for commercial purposes, and perhaps even politics."
Bettencourt on the list of tax evaders?
Eric Woerth, has refused to say Tuesday on France 3, if the billionaire Liliane Bettencourt account or not among the French taxpayers suspected of holding assets abroad.
"I can not answer this question because the tax is secret," said the former Minister of Budget (May 2007-March 2010), when he was questioned shortly before the meeting questions Government House, on the possible presence of the name of billionaire heiress L'Oreal on a list of thousands of French taxpayers.
This list, he said, had been "sent to the President of the Finance Committee of the Assembly and its rapporteur, who saw it. It is in the hands of the treasury. Thousands of tax audits have been triggered" , "he added.
In August 2009, Mr. Woerth was revealed to have this list in his possession.
The budget minister had opened in spring 2009 and deferred a cell for taxpayers wishing before December 31, 2009 regularize their tax affairs spontaneously. This cell was closed as planned at this deadline.
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