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Marine Le Pen: prosecutor recommends jail and 5 year ban from public office in EU embezzlement trial

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 November 2024

Request from Paris prosecutor threatens to undermine the National Rally leader’s efforts to polish image ahead of 2027 elections

The Paris prosecutor on has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial in which she and 24 others are accused of embezzling European Union funds.

The trial, which comes almost a decade after initial investigations started , threatens to undermine her National Rally (RN) party’s efforts to polish its image ahead of the 2027 presidential election which many believe she could win .