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French defence minister Sylvie Goulard announces resignation

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PARIS: French Defence Minister Sylvie Goulard announced her resignation today over a fake jobs
scandal that has hit her small centrist MoDem party, allied with President Emmanuel Macron's party.

Goulard, who was previously a member of the European Parliament, said she could not remain in the government while there was a possibility that she could be investigated over alleged misuse of expenses at the parliament.

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