France’s Le Pen Faces Trial Over Alleged Misuse Of EU Funds …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Long-time leader of France’s far-right National Rally (RN) and a prominent presidential hopeful, Marine Le Pen, appeared in a Paris court on Monday to face charges of misusing European Union parliamentary funds.
Le Pen, along with over 20 senior party figures is accused of hiring parliamentary assistants who allegedly worked on party affairs rather than working for the European Parliament, which paid their salaries.
Prosecutors claimed that these alleged fraudulent activities dated back to the period between 2004 and 2016.
They were seeking to recover more than 3 million Euros (£2.5…
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