French Finance Minister Michel Sapin leaves after a ministerial meeting on financing terrorism at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Michel Sapin admitted on Wednesday to behaving inappropriately towards a female journalist, days after a sex scandal forced the resignation of the vice-president of the lower house of parliament.
Sapin said that he was sorry about what he did but insisted that that should not be "confused with the seriousness of harassment or sexual assault".
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