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Éric Halphen is a French judge best known as the investigating magistrate in the Parisian low-cost housing scandals of the 1990s. This article is about the inquisitorial system for organizing court proceedings. ...
City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...
Timeline
- 1959. (October 5) Born at Clichy-la-Garenne (Hauts-de-Seine). Later received his baccalaureat in literature at Versailles, and studied law at Assas.
- 1982. Graduated from the École nationale de la magistrature (ENM).
- 1994. Start of the Paris HLM scandal.
- 2002. Retired as a judge.
Clichy, also called non officially Clichy-la-Garenne or Clichy-sur-Seine, is a city in France, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. ...
Hauts-de-Seine is a département in France. ...
The Baccalauréat, often known in France familiarily as the Bac, is a diploma which French students sit at the end of the lycée (secondary school). ...
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This article is about the inquisitorial system for organizing court proceedings. ...
The Paris HLM scandal In January 1994 Halphen began an inquiry following the discovery of a series of forged invoices between Jean-Claude Méry and companies that were providing services to HLMs (subsidised low-cost housing) in Paris. In September 1994, Jean-Claude Méry, a former member of the central committee of the RPR political party was imprisoned for his involvement.-1...
The inquiry also investigated the conduct of the HLM office in the neighbouring Hauts-de-Seine département, at the time run by Didier Schuller and Patrick Balkany, close associates of Charles Pasqua. In December 1994, Jean-Pierre Maréchal, Halphen's father-in-law, was arrested in Roissy when he was seen receiving a briefcase full of money from Didier Schuller, in what was later described as a failed attempt to bribe Halphen. Didier Schuller disappeared, only returning from hiding in 2002. The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ...
Charles Pasqua (born April 18, French businessman and politician. ...
In 1996 the former vice president of OPAC – the public body controlling low-cost housing – François Ciolina, exposed corruption surrounding the HLM apartment owned by the son of Jean Tiberi, the mayor of Paris. In June of that year, Halphen ordered a search of the mayor's house only to be prevented from doing so when the policemen on the scene, following orders from their superiors, refused to take part. They were later sanctioned. Jean Tiberi (January 30, 1935) is a French politician who was mayor of Paris from May 22, 1995 to March 18, 2003. ...
In 1999 Jean Tiberi was again investigated for "complicity in corruption". The mayor, acting in his role as head of Opac, denied all wrong-doing and in November Halphen closed the case.
The following year, shortly after the death of Jean-Claude Méry, the newspaper Le Monde published the contents of a film made in December 1995 by journalist Arnaud Hamelin. In the tape, Méry spoke of how he had delivered 5 million Francs in cash to Michel Roussin, chief of staff of then prime minister Jacques Chirac. Halphen relaunched the HLM inquiry, and in March 2001 summoned president Chirac to give testimony in the case, although Chirac refused claiming that it would be incompatible with his duties as president. Le Monde is also the name of a song by the Thievery Corporation. ...
Jacques René Chirac (born November 29, 1932) has served as the President of France since he was first elected in 1995. ...
In September 2001 the court of appeal ruled that Halphen did not have sufficient grounds to reopen the case and overturned all its findings. He was removed from the investigations and replaced with judge Armand Riberolles.
In January 2002 Halphen announced that he was quitting his position as judge and turned to writing. He was a vocal supporter of Jean-Pierre Chevènement's presidential campaign, later distancing himself after Chevènement fell in with the political right. He is a member of Roland Castro's 'Mouvement de l'Utopie Concrète'. Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement (born March 9, 1939 in Belfort) is a French politician. ...
Bibliography - 2002 : Sept ans de solitude (Seven Years of Solitude), Editions Gallimard
- 2006 : Baisers maudits (Cursed Kisses), novel published by Buchet-Chastel
- 2006 : Le bal des outrés (The Extravagant Ball), Editions Privé
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
Éditions Gallimard is the second most important French publisher, and probably the most respected. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
See also In the 1980s and 1990s there were in the Paris region (ÃŽle-de-France) multiple instances of alleged and proved political corruption cases, as well as cases of abuse of public money and resources. ...
External links - BBC - Chirac corruption inquiry halted
- BBC - Chirac judge claims sabotage
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