Meeting at the Ministry of Finance on Friday, November 16, Bruno Le Maire (Economy) and the Secretary of State for European Affairs Laurence Boone defended the candidacy of Paris to host the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA, anti- Money-Laundering Authority)

Ministers Bruno Le Maire (Economy) and Laurence Boone (European Affairs) have launched with great fanfare the candidacy of Paris to receive the seat of the European anti-money laundering authority. They defended the candidacy of Paris to host the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA, Anti-Money-Laundering Authority). The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire said that France's candidacy makes a lot of sense and seems indispensable. “Our desire is to coordinate actions at the European level, to circulate information between intelligence services” he said. The tenant of Bercy recalled “the need to fight against the financing of terrorism. Democracy is not possible when money escapes the law and is used to finance opponents of democracy.”