Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right party, was tried on charges of misusing European Union funds.
Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally party, will soon be tried in Paris on charges of misusing European Parliament funds.
More than 20 senior figures of this party are facing the same charges. They are accused of hiring assistants who, instead of dealing with European Parliament matters, were working on National Rally party tasks.
If convicted, Ms. Le Pen may be sentenced to a fine or imprisonment and banned from party activities for five years. This would destroy Ms. Le Pen’s presidential dream. The National Rally party claims no wrongdoing has been committed.