French minister believes banks had 'good reasons' to close National Front accounts


  • World
  • Saturday, 25 Nov 2017

FILE PHOTO - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday he believed the banks that closed the accounts of far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen and her party had good reasons to do so.

But Le Maire also told France Inter radio that he had asked the central Bank of France to look into whether the law had been complied with and that its governor would release his conclusions on Monday.

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