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Christiane Taubira, France's former justice minister and potential presidential candidate speaks during a visit to Saint-Denis the day after she said she was 'considering her candidacy' for the 2022 presidential election. SOUNDBITE
France's well-liked former justice minister Christiane Taubira officially launches her campaign for the presidential election, joining other leftist candidates to satisfy the requirements for a government "of a great democracy, free of monarchical fantasies". SOUNDBITE
After announcing that she was "considering her candidacy" for the 2022 presidential election, former French Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, causes a crush during a visit in Saint-Denis near Paris. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron along with France's leading political and artistic personalities arrive for the national tribute to Robert Badinter at the Place Vendôme in Paris, home of the Ministry of Justice, where the late former Minister of Justice led the fight to abolish the death penalty in France, in 1981. IMAGES
Following the acquittal of French Justice Minister, his lawyer speaks of a "great satisfaction and (...) a great emotion". A French court on Wednesday acquitted France's justice minister in a conflict of interest trial that has been an embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron's government. Eric Dupond-Moretti, a pugnacious former star defence lawyer, had in 2021 been charged with misusing his position to settle scores with opponents from his legal career. SOUNDBITE
France's justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti looks up to the skies as he walks out of Paris Courthouse after being acquitted in a conflict of interest trial that has been an embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron's government. A pugnacious former star defence lawyer, Dupond-Moretti had been chargedin 2021 with misusing his position to settle scores with opponents from his legal career. IMAGES