A rising star of French president Emmanuel Macron’s party has quit parliament after a review of her taxpayer-funded expenses found she spent more than $3500 a month from her allowance on lingerie and clothing.
The 39-year-old former business school executive, one of the stylish figures recruited by Macron, was elected to a seat in Montpellier in 2017. Last year she ended a two-year high-profile relationship with Olivier Veran, the country’s health minister.
The report accused her of ordering her parliamentary staff to fulfil domestic tasks in her home and using demeaning language towards them. Analysis of her spending showed she paid €1500 to €2000 on lingerie, clothing and trips to the beach from a fixed monthly allowance of around €5374, which is meant to cover expenses related to official duties. French MPs earn a base annual salary of €86,000, or about €7200 a month.
“The time has come for me to withdraw from political life and devote myself to my family. I will not be a candidate for my re-election,” Ms Dubost announced on Twitter, after remaining silent for 48 hours after the publication of the story on Sunday.“For the past few days, I have been targeted by unfair attacks, which do a disservice to my political group, to electoral deadlines and more generally to democracy.
“There are parliamentary outfits and personal outfits […], I do not wear the same clothes in my personal and my professional life,” Dubost toldShe blamed an assistant at the time for this situation: “He advised me badly, I was stupid … I am not a cheater.”
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