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"Marine Le Pen, figurehead of France’s Rassemblement National (RN), one of the
most established far-right parties in Europe, has been found guilty of
embezzling funds from the European parliament.
During her time as an MEP between 2004 and 2017, Le Pen and her team paid party
staff with funds that should have gone to European parliamentary aides. The
ruling estimates that a total of €2.9 million (£2.4 million) in European
parliament funds were involved in the crimes and that Le Pen personally
embezzled €474,000 of that total.
She has been sentenced to four years in prison, two of which would be
electronic monitoring. She is also unlikely to see the inside of a cell for the
other two years as she is appealing her conviction.
More importantly, perhaps, is the fact that she has been banned from holding
public office for five years. Crucially, the ban is to start immediately,
meaning that even with an appeal, Le Pen is highly unlikely to be able to stand
as a candidate in the next presidential election in 2027."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
