The Élysée and Matignon asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday to summon the director of the Arab World Institute, Jack Lang, after revelations about his links with American sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
Published on: 02/05/2026 - 10:02 p.m. Modified on: 02/05/2026 - 10:41 p.m.
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France is not spared from the Epstein scandal. Jack Lang is summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain his links with the sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, the Élysée and Matignon asking the former Minister of Culture to protect the Arab World Institute.
The executive believes that Jack Lang should "think about the institution" that he has chaired since 2013, indicated Emmanuel Macron's entourage. “The Élysée and Matignon asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs to summon (him) so that he could explain himself, the same source added.
The Quai d'Orsay confirmed to AFP that François Mitterrand's former Minister of Culture was "summoned", without further details. Asked by AFP, Jack Lang did not respond immediately.
Calls for his resignation are increasing even in the Socialist Party, with the boss of the PS, Olivier Faure, believing that he should “think about it”.
On Wednesday, the former Minister of Culture, aged 86, formally ruled out such a scenario, citing his “naivety” in the face of revelations about his past links with American financier Jeffrey Epstein who died in prison in 2019.
No charges are brought against Jack Lang and his presence in these three million documents does not imply any wrongdoing on his part.
But the mention of his name 673 times and his links of interest with the American financier tarnished him and his daughter Caroline. The latter resigned on Monday as head of a film producers' union.
With AFP
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