Author: Franck Johannu00e8s

Marine Le Pen, Wednesday, October 2 in court. BENOIT LAMARE FOR LE MONDE Marine Le Pen faced a grueling seven-hour wait before she could speak in court on Wednesday, October 2. The former president of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) is accused of misusing European Parliament funds for unauthorized activities. The prosecution revealed that 27 defendants siphoned €3,213,000 from 2004 to 2016, with the RN party facing additional charges. The complexity of the case and new indictments have added up to a total of €4,503,000 in misuse of public funds. Administration ‘makes mistakes’ Le Pen criticized the European Parliament’s bias…