French Minister resigns amid probe into parliamentary jobs for daughters

French interior minister Bruno Le Roux has resigned a few hours after prosecutors opened an investigation into a report that he hired his two daughters for a series of temporary parliamentary jobs, starting when they were 15 and 16 years old.

French Minister resigns amid probe into parliamentary jobs for daughters

French interior minister Bruno Le Roux has resigned a few hours after prosecutors opened an investigation into a report that he hired his two daughters for a series of temporary parliamentary jobs, starting when they were 15 and 16 years old.

President Francois Hollande said he had accepted Mr Le Roux's resignation after a meeting with Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve at the Elysee Palace.

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