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Trial of FN parliamentary assistants: hearing opens in Paris
Trial of FN parliamentary assistants: hearing opens in Paris
(France 2)
The so-called trial of the assistants of MEPs of the FN, now the RN, opens Monday September 30 at the Paris Criminal Court. Marine Le Pen and 26 members or ex-members of the FN are suspected of having embezzled European funds to pay party employees.
Marine Le Pen as well as 26 members or ex-members of the National Front, now the National Rally (RN), appear Monday, September 30 at the Paris criminal court for embezzlement of public funds. According to investigators, the party would have organized a system of fictitious jobs between 2004 and 2016 to pay its executives in France with money reserved for MEPs. The damage is estimated at 7 million euros.
What does Marine Le Pen risk if convicted? The penalty incurred is 10 years in prison and a fine of 1 million euros, but also and above all 10 years of ineligibility. This sentence, if it is pronounced with provisional execution, that is to say an immediate decision, could deprive her of a presidential candidacy in 2027. The justice system criticizes Marine Le Pen in particular for having employed her guard as a European parliamentary assistant. of the body, which is prohibited. The RN lawyer denounces a political trial on Monday morning. For him, elected officials had the right to use these funds for all their activities.