Marine Le Pen spooks the bond markets
When the prime minister was appointed in September, Ms Le Pen pledged not to vote against his government right away. But she offered no more support than that. As the budget has wound its way through parliament,
Verdict Due Next March in Marine Le Pen's EU Graft Charges Trial
PARIS (Reuters) - French judges will deliver verdicts on March 31 in the trial of Marine Le Pen and her far-right party on charges of misappropriating European Union funds, a ruling that could have far-reaching political consequences.
High-stakes trial that could derail presidential ambitions of France’s Marine Le Pen wraps up
A high-stakes trial in France that could derail the presidential ambitions of far-right leader Marine Le Pen is wrapping up.
Marine Le Pen embezzlement trial comes to close, verdicts in 2025
The trial of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and other French right-wing nationalists on suspicion of embezzling European funds wound down on Wednesday, with verdicts expected in early 2025. The central accusation in the trial is that Le Pen's National Rally party received money from the European Parliament for parliamentary assistants who were actually working either partly or wholly for the party itself.
Court to rule on ineligibility for France's Le Pen in March
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen will learn in March whether she will be declared ineligible for elections, a Paris court said on Wednesday at the end of a trial for embezzling funds from the European Parliament.
Le Pen’s Party Yet to Decide on Toppling French Government
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s finance chief said Wednesday her lawmakers have not yet decided if they will vote to bring ...
Courts call to jail French neo-fascist Marine Le Pen over party financing
In a nakedly political decision, the Paris prosecutor's office called for a five year prison term and ban on electoral ...
Le Pen makes new threat to withdraw support for French government
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen issued a new threat on Monday to bring down France's coalition government in a no-confidence ...
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Why is Marine Le Pen on trial?
Marine Le Pen, the former leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN), has gone on trial in Paris for allegedly embezzling money from the European Parliament. She is charged alongside 26 ...
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Marine Le Pen’s next bid for French presidency threatened as prosecutors seek political ban
French prosecutors have asked for prison time and a five-year ban from politics for far-right leader Marine Le Pen, potentially derailing her bid to become president in 2027. Le Pen, her ...
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Far-right fake jobs trial: French prosecutors request Marine Le Pen be banned from running for public office
In a trial for charges of embezzling EU Parliament funds in a fake jobs scheme, the prosecution requested that far-right leader Marine Le Pen be banned from being elected to public office ...
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Marine Le Pen says prosecutors ‘on a mission’ to sink her 2027 election run
Marine Le Pen and her allies have accused prosecutors of being on a “mission” to sink her presidential bid by calling for her to be barred from public office for five years over embezzlement ...