Former French President Jacques Chirac must stand trial on corruption charges. This will be the first time a former President of France is being brought to court.
The charges against Chirac are related to his final months of his time as mayor of Paris, when he supposedly employed staffs on the city payroll that were working secretly on his presidential campaign.
Chirac, while he was president, had immunity from prosecution, but now that he isn’t he is in trouble now.
SOURCE:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/30/france.politics.chirac/index.html
