Prosecutors investigate National Rally campaign funding
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Marine Le Pen has not yet commented on the probe, announced two days after her party came third in France's legislative election.

An investigation has been opened into the financing of French far right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen’s 2022 presidential campaign.

Prosecutors in Paris said they will look into allegations of embezzlement, forgery and fraud, and that a candidate on an electoral campaign accepted a loan.

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he RN has previously received loans from Russian and Hungarian banks. The Russian loan worth €9.4m (£7.9m), however, was all paid back last year.

In 2017, the RN was charged with giving party members suspected fake jobs as assistants at the European Parliament.

About €5m (£4m) allegedly went to RN assistants who were not working for MEPs, but doing party work in France.

  • @BestBouclettesEnglish
    26•22 days ago

    Big fucking suprise right?

    A far right politician using public funds for private stuff, embezzling, corruption, fraud. That’s like a requirement at this point.