Mohammed Younus is rallred for France people

French Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppé has expressed strong support for the independence of the Grameen Bank and demanded fair trial of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.a
“We made clear that France would like to ensure a fair trial for Muhammad Yunus,” he said in the French parliament on Wednesday, according to a statement of Friends of Grameen.
He made the comments to make clear France’s position after the recent attempts by the Bangladesh government to oust the Grameen Bank founder and the subsequent court hearings.
On Wednesday, during the parliamentary questions session in the Assemblée Nationale (French National Assembly), Jerome Chartier, MP, made a statement that Bangladesh government attacks against Prof Yunus and Grameen Bank are driven by political and financial interests and are threatening the independence of Grameen Bank.
“This could jeopardise 25 percent of the Bangladesh population that rely on Grameen Bank for a living,” he said.
Responding, the foreign affairs minister expressed strong support for the independence of the Grameen Bank and acknowledged the pioneering work of Prof Yunus, saying his name would always be attached to microcredit.
He emphasised that the Grameen Bank microcredit model had been unanimously recognised as a “magnificently successful” poverty alleviation tool, replicated across the world, in particular to help empower women in developing countries.
Meanwhile, Jacques Chirac, who was president of France between 1995 and 2007, and Michel Rocard, a former prime minister from 1988 to 1991, have expressed their strong support for Prof Yunus and Grameen Bank after the two eminent French personalities joined the honourary committee of Friends of Grameen.
“Friends of Grameen” is a voluntary association established to promote microcredit and social business, in particular the microcredit activities of Grameen Bank and its affiliates.
The honorary committee is chaired by Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Maria Nowak, president of ADIE, a pioneering French microfinance institution created in 1989, is chairing its executive committee.
Dr Yunus was unceremoniously relieved of his duties as a managing director of Grameen Bank on March 2 through a Bangladesh Bank letter, on claims that his reappointment was not within the laws that govern the microfinance bank.
The attempts caused outrage home and abroad and prompted calls from countries such as the USA to reach a compromise.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner has challenged the central bank decision, which many see as politically-motivated, in the Supreme Court that will hear his petition next week.