Resignation of Jacques Chaban-Delmas Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the government of Georges Pompidou, in 1969, Jacques Chaban-Delmas was forced to resign in July 1972 following revelations about his tax status. He is found here, answering journalists following these accusations, as well as during the handover with Pierre Messmer.
Resignation of Jacques Chaban-Delmas Prime Minister
Resignation of Jacques Chaban-Delmas Prime Minister
Report by Guy CLAISSE, of the first Assizes of the UDR held after the publication of the Canard Enchaîné on the tax returns of the Prime Minister, Jacques CHABAN-DELMAS. The weekly claims that he did not pay tax for four years. Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING, Minister of Finance, did not address the scandal.
Resignation of Jacques Chaban-Delmas Prime Minister
Prime Minister Jacques CHABAN DELMAS is interviewed in his office by journalist Pierre DESGRAUPES. He responds to the attacks against him, about his tax return and his fortune: "[...] All these attacks are based on nothing but the intention to harm, to discredit me and disqualify me [...]".
Resignation of Jacques Chaban-Delmas Prime Minister
Transfer of power between Jacques CHABAN-DELMAS and Pierre MESSMER. The two men are on the porch of Matignon, in front of the microphones of the journalists, Jacques CHABAN-DELMAS, outgoing Prime Minister wishes good luck to Pierre MESSMER and the new government "Goodbye my dear Pierre...I return to Bordeaux...with the feeling of duty accomplished".
Resignation of Jacques Chaban-Delmas Prime Minister
The President of the Republic Georges POMPIDOU and the Prime Minister Jacques CHABAN-DELMAS enter the Council of Ministers room. Extract from the session in which intervenes Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING, then Minister of Finance. Comment by Georges POMPIDOU, answering Pierre DESGRAUPES' questions. He himself was Prime Minister, and felt, by becoming President of the Republic, that he was becoming the one who decided last.