Bankrupt former-businessman and French MEP Bernard Tapie faces moves by the French government next week to expel him…

Date: 17/10/1996

...from his seat in the European Parliament. Declared ineligible for public office by a French court, Tapie has already been ejected from France's national assembly. He now becomes the first MEP to face removal from the European Parliament. Sources suggest that the French government's request will be granted by the Parliament, but it will first be examined by its rules committee.