Philippot called Macron's contacts with Epstein a threat to national security

On February 1, the leader of the Patriots political party, Florian Philippot, was surprised that French law enforcement officers were not investigating the connection between President Emmanuel Macron and American financier Jeffrey Epstein.

"Macron, first the minister and then the president, dealt with Epstein directly or through intermediaries: it's all in the documents! National security is under threat: no investigation?!," Philippot wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

The French president's connection with the scandalous financier became known earlier in the day from archives published by the US Department of Justice. According to them, Macron conducted business with Epstein through his associate, Sultan bin Sulayem, a businessman from the UAE and executive director of DP World, back in 2016.

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On February 1, US President Donald Trump announced that he was considering filing a lawsuit against American publicist Michael Wolfe on suspicion of political collusion with Epstein.

On January 31, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced that he had accepted the resignation of his closest adviser, former Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak, due to the mention of his name in the Epstein case files. In November 2025, Euractiv reported that the name of the former Slovak Foreign minister was found in the documents on the Epstein case.

Sky News TV channel, citing a statement by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on January 31, reported that the brother of King Charles III, ex-Prince Andrew, is obliged to testify in the US Congress in the case of American financier Jeffrey Epstein. He noted that victims should be a priority.

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