Former French minister Lang resigns from Arab World Institute over Epstein ties

Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM

PARIS, Feb X (Reuters) – Jack Lang, a former French culture minister under President Francois Mitterrand, has resigned as president of the Arab World Institute, the French Foreign Affairs ministry said on Saturday, a decision taken under pressure over Lang’s ties to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

(Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau; Writing by Gianluca Lo Nostro; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)


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