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France's Le Pen got loan from Hungarian bank close to Orban -filing

FILE PHOTO: Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party and candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, visits the 58th International Agriculture Fair (Salon de l'Agriculture) at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo

French far-right presidential challenger Marine Le Pen received a 10.7 million euro ($11.8 million) loan for her campaign from Hungary's MKB Bank, whose major shareholders include businessmen close to nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The personal loan was disclosed on a form that presidential candidates must submit to regulators about their personal assets and debts, and was made public this week.

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