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Le Pen Found Guilty of Misusing EU Funds and Barred from Public Office

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Marine Le Pen has been convicted of embezzlement and banned from running for public office for five years by a French court. The conviction is related to the misuse of European Parliament funds, with the total amount embezzled differing slightly between articles, ranging from over €3 million to €4 million. Le Pen was also handed a four-year prison sentence with two years suspended, and a 100,000 euro fine.

  1. DE
    Daniel Freund
    Alliance 90/The Greens
    1. The French judiciary shows that the rule of law applies to everyone, regardless of polling numbers.
  2. DE
    Jurgen Hardt
    Christian Democratic Union
    1. Le Pen's fate should be a warning to all corrupt politicians on the left and right fringes: In a democratic nation of law, fraud and corruption always come to light at some point.
  3. FR
    Remy Heitz
    1. Justice is not political, this is not a political decision but a legal one, delivered by three independent, impartial judges.
  4. FR
    National Rally
    1. By banning Marine Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election, they are attempting to prevent her accession to the Élysée Palace by any means necessary.
    2. You have always been able to count on Marine Le Pen, on her willingness to defend you, on her patriotism. Today, she is counting on you.
  5. FR
    Marine Tondelier
    Green Party
    1. Marine Le Pen must serve her sentence. She is a defendant like any other.
  6. FR
    François-Xavier Bellamy
    Les Républicains
    1. Whatever you think of the RN and this case, today is a dark day for French democracy.
  7. FR
    Laurent Wauquiez
    Les Républicains
    1. It is not healthy that in a democracy, an elected official is prohibited from standing in an election and I believe that political debates should be decided at the ballot box.
  8. FR
    Jordan Bardella
    National Rally
    1. Today it is not only Marine Le Pen who was unjustly condemned: It was French democracy that was killed.

Embezzlement of EU funds by National Rally

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sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.The Washington Post
  3. 3.DW News
  4. 4.CNN
  5. 5.The New York Times
  6. 6.The Japan Times
  7. 7.France 24
  8. 8.ABC News (Australia)
  9. 9.CNA News
  10. 10.The Guardian
  11. 11.El Paìs
  12. 12.The Times

perspectives

  1. 1.US under Donald Trump
  2. 2.France under Emmanuel Macron
  3. 3.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
  4. 4.Corruption
  5. 5.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
  6. 6.French Politics

countries

  1. 1.BulgariaBG
  2. 2.BrazilBR
  3. 3.GermanyDE
  4. 4.FranceFR
  5. 5.HungaryHU
  6. 6.ItalyIT
  7. 7.NetherlandsNL
  8. 8.RomaniaRO
  9. 9.Russian FederationRU
  10. 10.TurkeyTR
  11. 11.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.National RallyFR
  2. 2.EU Parliament
  3. 3.European Union
  4. 4.Krem­linRU
  5. 5.Elysée PalaceFR
  6. 6.Reconquête
  7. 7.Modem
  8. 8.Socialist PartyFR
  9. 9.Alternative for GermanyDE
  10. 10.Eurasia GroupUS
  11. 11.Les Républicains
  12. 12.US State DepartmentUS

persons

  1. 1.Marine Le PenFR
  2. 2.Jordan BardellaFR
  3. 3.Dmitry PeskovRU
  4. 4.Bénédicte De Perthuis
  5. 5.Donald TrumpUS
  6. 6.Elon MuskUS
  7. 7.François BayrouFR
  8. 8.Emmanuel MacronFR
  9. 9.Jean-Marie Le PenFR
  10. 10.Viktor OrbanHU
  11. 11.Eric ZemmourFR
  12. 12.Laurent JacobelliFR

technicals

  1. 1.Fifth Republic
  2. 2.Holocaust
  3. 3.Je suis Marine!
  4. 4.Place De La République