Overview
- The Justice Ministry confirmed on Friday that Dati has formally asked to be reinstated as a magistrate and has been proposed for a central administration post at the Chancellerie.
- A judicial source said she would not sit in a court but be assigned as a chargé de mission to the Délégation des affaires européennes et internationales (DAEI) in the ministry's secretariat-general.
- The reinstatement will be completed only after the Conseil supérieur de la magistrature (CSM) gives its advisory opinion, which sources say is expected within weeks.
- Dati remains scheduled to stand trial at the Paris criminal court from 16 to 28 September on charges including corruption and passive influence-peddling linked to alleged lobbying for Renault and Carlos Ghosn.
- The announcement drew sharp criticism from magistrates' representatives and politicians who say the timing risks undermining public trust in the judiciary and could trigger disciplinary or interim measures if the Chancellerie deems the institution's image damaged.