FILE PHOTO: French Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition Francois de Rugy gives a news conference during an Ecological Defense Council in Paris, France July 9, 2019. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - France's environment minister is prepared to reimburse any undue expense from lavish lobster-and-wine dinners he hosted when parliament speaker, his boss said on Thursday, ratifying Francois de Rugy's position despite widespread public disgust.
Investigative website Mediapart said in reports this week that De Rugy and his wife hosted a dozen luxury dinners, mostly for friends, at his official residence in central Paris when speaker from June 2017 to October 2018.
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