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The leader of the French far-right party “National Rally” Marine Le Pen was sentenced to four years of imprisonment for embezzlement of state money.
This is written by BFM TV.
Of these four years, two are suspended, and two more are house arrest with wearing an electronic bracelet. In addition, she was fined €100,000 and banned from holding state positions for five years.
On July 9, 2024, the Paris prosecutor’s office opened a judicial investigation against Le Pen
A judicial investigation was opened against Marine Le Pen. She is suspected of illegal financing of the presidential campaign in 2022.
for suspicion of illegal financing of the presidential campaign during the 2022 elections. The investigation began after a report from the National Commission on Campaign Accounts and Political Financing (CNCCFP) about Le Pen’s campaign account during the 2022 presidential elections. According to this report, Le Pen exceeded the legally established limit on presidential campaign expenses.
Marine Le Pen is a French deputy, one of the leaders of the far-right party “National Rally,” which advocates for strengthening France’s ties with Russia and against assistance to Ukraine. The party won a triumphant victory in France in the European Parliament elections at the beginning of this summer, gaining 31.5% of the votes, while the party of the incumbent president Emmanuel Macron gained half as much—15.2%. Because of this, the president even dissolved the parliament and called early parliamentary elections.
Although the far-right from Le Pen’s party won in the first round of parliamentary elections
The far-right are winning in the first round of early parliamentary elections in France.
and even expected to form a single-party majority in parliament, victory in the elections unexpectedly went to the left-wing alliance.
In France, the left-wing alliance won in the parliamentary elections.While the far-right “National Rally” ended up in third place.
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