Contender for Matignon at the next reshuffle, the same man embodied the efficiency and discretion. His physique a bit austere added to his credit a certain moral rigor..

But since the disclosure of secret recordings made by a relative of Liliane Bettencourt, the first capital of France, the image is now tarnished. his wife Florence, since 2007 employed by the company that manages the interests Clymene Liliane Bettencourt, are widely cited. The recordings are also referred to donations to support the UMP with Eric Woerth has long been the treasurer while directing the Budget Ministry. The suspicion of a consideration comes to mind. Not to mention the Legion of Honour by Eric Woerth himself, January 23, 2008, Patrice de Maistre, Bettencourt wealth manager and employer of his wife.

A few days before the disclosure of the case by Mediapart, the president himself was full of praise for his Minister of Labour that he was pleased to have appointed to lead the difficult reform of pensions. The journey of Eric Woerth seemed flawless. Former HEC, he began a career in the private home Bossart Consultants, then as leader of the firm Arthur Andersen, while ensuring its successive terms as mayor of Chantilly, Picardy Regional Council and member of the Oise. In 2002, he abandoned his business to ensure the financial department of the presidential campaign of Jacques Chirac.

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