French far-right leader denies embezzling EU funds and compares European parliament to a ‘blob’
The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denied embezzling EU funds in a fake jobs scam when questioned in court for the first time, and used her appearance in the dock to attack the European parliament as a slow-moving, alien “blob”.
Le Pen is one of 27 members and employees of the party then known as the National Front (FN) who are on trial in Paris for allegedly using EU money to finance domestic political activities between 2006 and 2016.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/14/marine-le-pen-questioned-in-court-over-alleged-fake-eu-jobs-scam
Author : Kim Willsher in Paris
Publish date : 2024-10-14 16:55:59
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