Dati and Ghosn to stand trial over corruption and influence peddling

French financial prosecutors announced Monday that Rachida Dati, the culture minister and leading centre-right candidate for Paris mayor, is set to face trial in September 2026 over suspected corruption.

Dati,is accused of accepting 900,000 in lawyer's fees between 2010 and 2012 from a Netherlands-based subsidiary of Renault-Nissan, without actually working for them, while she was an MEP from 2009 to 2019.