US EditionMarine Le Pen faces crucial Paris appeals trial over misuse of EU funds
- Marine Le Pen is facing an appeals trial in Paris that could impact her political future and the ambitions of her party regarding anti-immigration policies.
- The trial addresses a March ruling that found Le Pen guilty of misusing European Parliament funds from 2004 to 2016.
- Le Pen and officials from the National Rally are accused of misappropriating 2.9 million euros meant for EU parliamentary aides, violating regulations.
- Le Pen criticized the previous ruling as 'a democratic scandal.
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Marine Le Pen and ten other defendants are tried on appeal in Paris for misappropriation of public funds in the so-called case of parliamentary assistants. In the first instance, the leader of the RN had been sentenced to imprisonment (in electronic bracelet) and imprisonment (in electronic bracelet).
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Justice blames Marine le Pen, the National Rally (then called the National Front) and ten other defendants for paying between 2004 and 2016 party employees with money from the European Parliament.
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Marine Le Pen faces crucial Paris appeals trial over misuse of EU funds
Marine Le Pen's political future is uncertain as she faces an appeals trial in Paris. The trial may impact her party's plans to shift France's direction with anti-immigration and nationalist policies.
Justice blames Marine Le Pen and his party for paying between 2004 and 2016 for the party's employees with money from the European Parliament.
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