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Marine Le Pen faces prison term and ban from office in fake jobs trial

French prosecutors have demanded that far-right leader Marine Le Pen receive a jail sentence and be banned from public office for five years over charges she embezzled European Parliament funds. Le Pen's defence now has two weeks to present its counter arguments.

Radio France Internationale

Paris prosecutor seeks jail and public office ban for Marine Le Pen

Request in embezzlement trial threatens to undermine National Rally’s efforts to polish image before 2027 polls

The Guardian - UK

French prosecutors seek a 2-year prison sentence and ineligibility period against Marine Le Pen

Paris prosecutors have requested a 2-year prison sentence against France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen and an additional 5-year period of ineligibility to run for office

The Independent UK

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Marine Le Pen Faces Trial Over Alleged Embezzlement

Marine Le Pen's trial for alleged embezzlement of EU funds raises questions on political accountability and transparency in France.

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Far-right National Rally announce 'counter budget' to PM Barnier's austerity bill

France's far-right National Rally (RN) has announced it will present 'a counter-budget' next week at the start of a National Assemby committee's examination of Prime Minister Michel Barnier's 2025 finance bill, deeming the government's current copy 'absolutely unacceptable'.

Radio France Internationale

Marine Le Pen’s niece starts own party: What it means for French far right

Marion Marechal, 34, has launched Identite-Libertes, through which she hopes to strengthen France’s ‘national camp’.

Al Jazeera

What does the EU embezzlement trial mean for Le Pen and the French far right?

Marine Le Pen and other senior figures within France’s far-right National Rally party are standing trial on charges of having embezzled millions in European Parliament funds to finance the party’s own political activities. Marta Lorimer, lecturer in politics at Cardiff University, discusses what the trial could mean for the party’s…

France 24

The Guardian view on Austria’s election: yet another wake-up call

Editorial: The Freedom party’s first ever victory is the latest in a string of far-right triumphs in Europe. Business as usual is not a credible mainstream response

The Guardian - UK

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International Business Times

French PM Vows More Taxes And Spending Cuts Ahead Of Budget Fight

France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier pledged new taxes and spending cuts Tuesday to reduce a "colossal" debt, in a policy address that met with a raucous reception from lawmakers who could topple his government at any time.

France 24

A Le Pen conviction in fake EU jobs case could weigh on far-right support, researcher says

French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen went on trial this Monday on charges of embezzling European Parliament money, in a case that could endanger her presidential ambitions. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Olivier Costa, a research professor at Sciences Po university. He says that it will be very difficult…

Evening Standard

Marine Le Pen: French far-right leader stands trial over alleged misuse of EU funds

Far-right National Rally leader is accused of misusing EU parliamentary funds for party purposes

The Independent UK

Le Pen goes on trial for alleged misuse of EU funds in case that could derail her career

Leader of the far-right National Rally says outside court: ‘We have not violated any political and regulatory rules of the European parliament’

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The Independent UK

Le Pen's future in the balance as French far-right officials go on trial for alleged EU funds misuse

The stakes are high for Marine Le Pen as she and other officials from the French far-right party National Rally go on trial over accusations of embezzling European Union funds

Radio France Internationale

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on trial for misuse of EU funds

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen, her National Rally party, and 26 other individuals go on trial on Monday in Paris over alleged misappropriation of European funds. A guilty verdict could scupper Le Pen's chances of running for president in the 2027.

The Independent UK

Theresa May denounces Trump, Farage and Le Pen over climate change ‘hoax’ claims

Far-right leaders in Europe and the US are trying to wreck measures to save the planet, Theresa May warns. They want to ‘stir up a culture war’ to win votes, says the former PM, who criticises Trump for calling climate change ‘a hoax’ – and accuses Nigel Farage of ‘politicising’…

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s far-right parties are anti-worker – the evidence clearly proves it

We analysed the voting patterns of far-right groups on eight issues including pay and tax. Their rhetoric is hollow

The Conversation

Michel Barnier: how Mr Brexit rose from the ashes of Emmanuel Macron’s fire to become French prime minister

When it was announced that Michel Barnier was France’s new prime minister, commentators joked that he was better known to the British public than to the French. There’s more than a grain of truth in this.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on France’s political crisis: Barnier is not a real fix for Macron’s mess

Editorial: Few are celebrating the appointment of the EU’s Brexit negotiator as the country’s new prime minister

France 24

Le Pen denies playing a part in Macron's choice of Barnier as French PM

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday said she played no part in the appointment of veteran conservative Michel Barnier as French PM, denying media reports that she assured President Emmanuel Macron her party would not back a no-confidence motion to topple the incoming premier.

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