Le Cercle controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2010
Undeclared parliamentary chairmanships
Rory Stewart and Nadhim Zahawi chaired Le Cercle while serving as British MPs and members of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. The cited account states that neither declared the chairmanship to Parliament.
1996
Jonathan Aitken controversy
The forum received renewed attention in the late 1990s after a scandal involving Jonathan Aitken, who had served as its chairman.
1980
Controversy over Strauss and Le Cercle
Le Cercle was discussed by Der Spiegel in the early 1980s in connection with controversy surrounding Franz Josef Strauss, one of its regular attendees.