PARIS (Reuters) - France's top court ruled on Friday that a trial of former president Jacques Chirac for the misuse of public funds must go ahead, rejecting an earlier move to drop the case.
The long-awaited trial of Chirac and nine co-defendants marks the first time a former French head of state has been tried since 1945, when Marshall Philippe Petain was convicted of treason for collaborating with the Nazis during World War Two.
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