Top EU economics official Pierre Moscovici confirmed Wednesday he received expensive suits as gifts from the same shop as embattled French presidential candidate Francois Fillon. Moscovici, a former French finance minister who is now the European Commissioner for economic affairs, was reacting to revelations in the Canard Enchaine newspaper that he had received the suits from a childhood friend, a wealthy wine merchant.
Investigators came across records of the Moscovici gifts when searching the posh Parisian tailor Arnys connected to the Fillon case, Le Canard Enchaine reported. "I have indeed in the past received suits as gifts from Laurent Max," Moscovici said in a statement to AFP. "Laurent Max is a childhood friend.
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