French minister under pressure amid probe into visit to Las Vegas tech show
A French investigation into a Las Vegas tech party is putting new pressure on President Emmanuel Macron's labour minister - and possibly the president himself - as they pursue difficult reforms to French work rules.
The Paris prosecutor's office has opened a formal judicial inquiry into suspected irregularities in the organisation of a costly, high-profile event at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show that Mr Macron headlined when he was a government minister.
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