Summary

A French court found far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzling over €3 million in EU funds, potentially ending her 2027 presidential bid.

The judge ruled Le Pen and 24 others misused European Parliament funds between 2004 and 2016 to pay National Rally party staff, calling it a deliberate scheme, not an error.

Prosecutors had sought five years’ prison and a public office ban. Even with an appeal, a provisional execution could bar her candidacy.

  • Amonverite
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    1 month ago

    Same way Trump’s “political aspirations” need to be ended

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      1 month ago

      the amerikans are way too spineless and complacent, couple that with poor education and you have half the population cheering for concentration camps, They used to love calling the French surrender monkeys, haven’t heard them say that in a while.