PARIS (Reuters) - The French government on Wednesday fought to limit the damage from a former minister's admission that he had lied over the existence of a foreign bank account, as critics suggested it had been either naive or complicit.
President Francois Hollande, already battling to convince the world he has France's finances under control, said he had never protected Jerome Cahuzac, his budget minister until mid-March, and personally ordered him to quit the moment an inquiry was opened into the affair.
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