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Macron’s Chief Of Staff To Face Corruption Probe

Secretary-General of the Elysee Presidential Palace, Alexis Kohler, arrives for a joint cabinet meeting of the French and German governments at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris. T
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French anti-corruption prosecutors have opened an investigation into French President Emmanuel Macron’s chief of staff, Alexis Kohler, focused on his links to Italian shipping giant MSC, a statement said on Monday.

Kohler and the president’s office denied the allegations, which were first reported by French investigative media group Mediapart.

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