France's ruling Socialists have revoked party membership from disgraced former budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac, who resigned on March 19 and later revealed that he hid money in a Swiss bank account.
Cahuzac admitted last week to having an undeclared bank account containing some €600,000 ($770,000).
Cahuzac's resignation plunged the Socialist government of François Hollande into uncertainty, compounded by fresh claims in the French media that his foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, might also hold a Swiss bank account. Fabius has strongly denied the allegations.
In a bid to offset public outrage over the Cahuzac scandal, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Monday that government ministers will be required to declare their assets publicly by April 15.
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