Chirac food cost EUR860k.FRENCH President Jacques Chirac is to escape prosecution for running up a EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 860,000 food bill while he was Mayor of Paris. As head of state he has judicial immunity A judge's complete protection from personal liability for exercising judicial functions. Judicial immunity protects judges from liability for monetary damages in civil court, for acts they perform pursuant to their judicial function. after allegedly spending EUR450 a day over eight years on luxury items such as crates of caviar, smoked salmon and champagne. The food, paid for by French taxpayers, was delivered to his grace-and-favour apartment at Paris Town Hall and was not used for official banquets, a report has claimed. A judicial insider said it was "too tricky" to continue the investigation while Chirac was president. |
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