France investigates ex-minister Jack Lang over Epstein links

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3. Veteran French politician quits as head of prestigious institute after Epstein links revealed

Jack Lang, a former French culture minister, has resigned as head of Paris’s prestigious Arab World Institute after revelations of his past contacts with the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the launch of a financial investigation by French prosecutors.

Lang, 86, resigned on Saturday night before he was due to attend an urgent meeting called by the French foreign ministry to discuss his links to Epstein.
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Caroline Lang resigned this week from France’s Union of Independent Producers after the emails showed she had founded an offshore company with Epstein in 2016 to invest in the work of young artists. She said she had resigned from that offshore company when further allegations were made against Epstein in 2019. She denied any wrongdoing.

Caroline Lang also appeared in Epstein’s will as a beneficiary of €5m, according to the French investigative website Mediapart. She told the French public broadcaster France 2 this week that she had never heard of the will and had never seen any such document or received any funds.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/07/veteran-french-politician-quits-as-head-of-prestigious-institute-after-epstein-links-revealed