Marie-Christine Boutonnet, 75, is in a rather bad mood. Apparently he wonders what he’s doing there, and he’s not there; had the opportunity to appear by videoconference from the Albi court, on Monday, October 28, due to his “state of health”. To the president who politely asks him the amount of his pension, to determine the amount of a possible fine in case of conviction, he says: “It’s none of your business. »
To reassure her, her lawyer assures that he will deliver the documents to the Paris criminal court. “The court?” What court? »The old woman is indignant. He has returned the 36,330 euros that the European Parliament demanded from him for the fictitious employment of his assistant, he believes that he is at peace and that it is time to leave her alone. When the president asks her if she wants to add anything to what her assistant said for a good hour, she responds: “And what did he say?” » Then he leaves without saying a word.
Said assistant, Charles Hourcade, tries to disappear and whispers embarrassing comments a little away from the microphone. It is true that this file from the assistants of the National Front (FN) MEPs on Monday is not very good. But, for the first time, the two accused I’m listening They had recognized, during the investigation, that it was a fictitious work; well addressed at the hearing.
Marie-Christine Boutonnet worked at Charles Hourcade, in Strasbourg, from September 5, 2014 to February 28, 2015. She was a graphic designer at the FN since 2013, after her full-time assistant contract and her secondment to Europe n Didn’t change much in your daily life. The FN badger confirmed that he had spent 6 hours and 53 minutes a day at the Nanterre headquarters, in Hauts-de-Seine, and that he had not made any telephone calls during his contract with his employer. Before the investigating judges, Marie-Christine Boutonnet claimed that she had hired Charles Hourcade to produce a monthly newspaper, but “We didn’t have time to deal with that.”. “Therefore, I placed it, with your agreement and at my suggestion, at the disposal of the FN. So he didn’t work for me at all, but only for the FN. »
Charles Hourcade admitted during the investigation that he had indeed met M.me Boutonnet in the hallways, but it had been “before a fait accompli” by the party’s treasurer, Wallerand de Saint Just, who had only informed him of the new contract. Charles Hourcade, who was unemployed before the FN, does not worry about it. “Since I have had a job, the administrative procedures…the graphic designer swept the audience. I’m not supposed to know about this stuff. I don’t care where the salary comes from. » He received 4,064 euros net per month. As for Marie-Christine Boutonnet, she conveniently doesn’t remember him. “I have no explanation, it’s very old, put whatever you want”decides the old woman.
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