French Far-Right Leader Le Pen Stands Trial Over Alleged Misuse of EU Funds
PARIS (Reuters) - Marine Le Pen, the longtime leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN) party, will stand trial in a Paris criminal court on Monday alongside 26 others over alleged misappropriation of European Union funds.
Le Pen’s future in the balance as French far-right officials go on trial for alleged EU funds misuse
The stakes are high for Marine Le Pen as she and other officials from the French far-right party National Rally go on trial over accusations of embezzling European Union funds.
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes on trial in much-awaited EU embezzlement case
The political stakes are high for Marine Le Pen as the French far-right leader and other party officials go on trial Monday for allegedly embezzling EU funds. The much-awaited trial could upend the
France's Le Pen on trial on suspicion of embezzling EU funds
Marine Le Pen and other French right-wing nationalists are facing Paris criminal court proceedings from Monday onwards over accusations of receiving finances for fake staff in the European Parliament.
Marine Le Pen goes on trial over EU expenses scandal
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes on trial on Monday for allegedly embezzling EU funds, in a politically charged case that could lead to fines and a ban from elected office. Prosecutors accuse the three-time presidential candidate and former member of the European parliament of misusing EU funds to pay staff hired in Brussels for work they were doing for the party in France.
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