French Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt becomes the second sitting minister to go on trial on Monday at the Paris criminal court. He is accused of favouritism when awarding a public contract when he was the mayor of a small town in 2009.
Dussopt is accused of having passed on privileged information to the Saur water company bidding for a €5.6 million contract in 2009, when he was mayor of Annonay, in the Ardeche, in southeast of France.
