France's Macron acts on pledge to clean up politics


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  • Tuesday, 23 May 2017

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to visit French troops in Africa's Sahel region in Gao, northern Mali, 19 May 2017. REUTERS/Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron's new government moved quickly on Monday to act on a campaign promise to tighten up on ethical standards in French politics after an election race marred by a embezzlement scandal.

Justice Minister Francois Bayrou held talks with leading anti-corruption organisations Transparency International and Anticor and with a Socialist lawmaker who is expert in the field as he gathered ideas for a new law to clean up politics in France, which has a long history of corruption scandals.

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