French court summons IMF chief: report

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been summoned by a French court to testify in the probe into a high-profile scandal when she was a government minister, online journal Mediapart reported late Wednesday.

The special French court established to try cases of ministerial misconduct will hear the former French economy and finance minister in the second half of May, over a dispute between disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie and the collapsed bank Credit Lyonnais, the journal said.

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