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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Patrick

Watch: Le Pen leaves court after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds

Marine Le Pen stormed out of court after she was banned from running in France’s 2027 presidential election, after being found guilty of embezzling funds from the European Parliament.

The leader of the far-right National Rally (RN) was among party officials accused of diverting close to €3m (£2.5m) of European parliament funds to pay France-based staff.

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