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Key Macron ally says he is quitting French government

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France's justice minister Francois Bayrou, a key ally of President Emmanuel Macron, said today he was quitting the government, as his party battles a funding scandal.

"I have taken a decision not to be part of the next government," Bayrou said, adding that he would hold a press conference at 5:00 pm (1500 GMT).

Bayrou's small centrist MoDem party is facing allegations it used European parliamentary funds to pay assistants actually based in France.

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First Published: Jun 21 2017 | 12:07 PM IST

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