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
A Paris prosecutor has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for the far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial in which she and 24 others are accused of embezzling EU funds.
The trial, which comes almost a decade after initial investigations started, threatens to undermine her National Rally (RN) party’s efforts to polish its image before the 2027 presidential election, which many believe she could win.
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