According to a report in the newspaper "Le Canard enchaîné", the former Minister of the Interior of the Sarkozy Government, Brice Hortefeux, was "flashed" speeding on an Autoroute at 170 KM per hour instead of at the limited speed of 110 KM per hour on Sunday morning, May 1 2016, at 10 am !
What is really surprising however, is that it was the policeman who caught him who was sanctioned by his heirarchy and Hortefeux escaped all punishment !
At present Mr Hortefeux is no longer a French MP, he is now a deputy in the EU parliament, an MEP ! When he was caught he was travelling to a function as Vice-President of the Rhone Alpes Auvergne Region.
One can well ask whether the top layers of Politicians are a protected species in all countries, not only in France ! There have been many articles in the British Press recently which clearly provoke this question !
Likewise, EU MEPs also are known to benefit from many privileges which taxpayers could only dream about ! Does this protection also include criminal offences ? No one can or will dare answer that question !
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