Marine Le Pen denies receiving funding for non-existent staff

The actions of her term in the European Parliament were defended before a Paris court on Monday 10/14 by the leader of the French far-right, Marine Le Pen, while at the same time rejecting the accusations that she received funding for non-existent staff. “I do not feel that I have committed the slightest irregularity, the slightest illegal movement,” Le Pen said during her testimony. The long-time leader of the National Alarm (RN) party argued that the role of parliamentary assistants is not clearly defined. “The MEP determines the nature of the assistant’s work,” he said, adding that the assistant’s duties can serve both the MEP and the party. Although she appeared calm at first, Le Pen appeared to become agitated along the way and dropped some documents in front of her. The case goes back to the period 2004-2016 and concerns more than 20 defendants. The main charge is that Le Pen’s party received money from the European Parliament for parliamentary assistants, who actually worked for the party. If […]
Source: News Beast

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