French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen found guilty in embezzlement case
- A Paris court found Marine Le Pen guilty in an embezzlement case involving the misuse of EU funds intended for parliamentary aides.
- Le Pen and 24 officials from her National Rally were accused of using EU money to pay party staff from 2004 to 2016.
- Prosecutors requested a two-year prison sentence for Le Pen and financial penalties for her party and co-defendants.
- Le Pen denied the accusations, asserting, 'I absolutely don’t feel I have committed the slightest irregularity.
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Judge Bénédicte de Perthuis, author of the sentence to Marine Le Pen, on the French far-right target
France, sometimes gives the impression, is experiencing a slow process of Italianization. It happens, yes, without the sophisticated ability to relativize the most serious issues of the transalpine country and with 30 years of delay. To the institutional crisis, the instability and the recent volatility of its Parliament, is now added the legendary right-wing crusade against the judicial system, memorable page of Silvio Berlusconi’s authoritativ…
French far-right calls for Marine Le Pen pardon to let her run for president
France’s far-right party chief Jordan Bardella called on the country to protest against a ruling that banned Marine Le Pen from running for public office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds.
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