A French court on Monday will deliver its verdict on far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s role in an alleged fake jobs scam at the EU parliament. A guilty verdict could bar her from standing for president in 2027, following a ruling by France's top court that removing an elected official from office before they have exhausted the appeals process is not unconsitutional.
Le Pen and her 24 co-defendants are accused of embezzling more than €3 million in European Parliament funds by hiring fake parliamentary assistants to work on party business rather than EU affairs.
