France's Le Pen denies wrongdoing as she and her party go on trial accused of embezzling EU funds
France's Le Pen denies wrongdoing as she and her party go on trial accused of embezzling EU funds
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denied violating any rules as she and her National Rally party and two dozen others went on trial accused of embezzling European Parliament funds.
PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen denied violating any rules as she and her National Rally party and two dozen others went on trial on Monday, accused of embezzling European Parliament funds, in a case that has the potential to derail her political ambitions.
Arriving at the court in Paris, Le Pen said she remained confident as “we have not violated any political and regulatory rules of the European Parliament” and vowed to present the judges with “extremely serious and extremely solid arguments.″
Le Pen and other National Rally members casually greeted each other before sitting down in the first three rows of the packed courtroom.
The nine-week trial will be closely watched by Le Pen’s political rivals as she is a strong contender in the race to succeed Emmanuel Macron when the next presidential election takes place in 2027.
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Doesn't matter where they're from, or what language they speak, or even particularly what the laws are in your country: The far right are criminals, every single fucking one of them.
While I share your hate towards far right parties, your comment is an extreme generalization and paints reality in a very dualistic perspective. The reality is complex, nothing is black and white - leaning on one side doesn’t mean the other one is entirely wrong and vice versa. The RN main topics (Immigration, security and isolation) are complicated topics; for low level politicians (e.g. village mayors) and many FN sympathizers, the problem is in the details (e.g. having more foreigners vs making sure they’re integrated). There’s a lot of crap and propaganda coming from the far right upper leaders, but I think that generalizing all of them under a same umbrella just adds another layer of confusion on very confused societies that don’t even understand their own confusion. The least educated are just the easiest to influence