National Rally (RN) party leaders, including Marine Le Pen, will go on trial in Paris accused of embezzling money from the European Parliament through fake jobs. The alleged scheme involved parliamentary assistants hired between 2004 and 2016, many of whom allegedly never performed their duties or even met their assigned MEPs.
chiefs will go on trial on Monday over allegations they embezzled money from the European parliament with fake jobs .Going on trial in Paris are: the RN party itself, nine former MEPs including Le Pen and party vice-president Louis Aliot, spokesperson Julien Odoul – one of nine former parliamentary assistants – and four RN staff.
“Could I come to Strasburg tomorrow to see how a session works and get to know Mylène Troszczynski who I’m under?” Odoul wrote toThe misuse of public funds charges bear maximum penalties including a €1m fine, 10 years in jail and a 10-year bar from public office – potentially fatal to 56-year-old Marine Le Pen’s hopes of claiming the French presidency on her fourth try in 2027.
University of Tours political scientist Sylvain Crépon told AFP that historically, “scandals in other parties work in favour of the RN, but scandals at the RN don’t benefit other parties”.Her lawyer Rodolphe Bosselut declined to comment before the trial, set to last until 27 November. Several people have testified about a 2014 meeting that one said discussed a clear “fake jobs” structure.
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