Marine Le Pen and her relatives, members of her National Rally (RN) party, are accused of having embezzled around 600,000 euros of European public money during their term of office as MEPs. They are questioned by the European Anti-Fraud Office (Olaf).
Olaf accuses Marine Le Pen and three other former MEPs: his father Jean-Marie Le Pen, his former companion Louis Aliot and Bruno Gollnisch, member of the national office of the National Rally. The Europe of Nations and Freedoms (ENL), the far-right group in the European Parliament, is also cited.
In its report, Olaf estimates that the far-right candidate personally embezzled around 137,000 euros during her mandate between 2004 and 2017. In all, almost 600,000 euros of European public money would have been used for national policy, for personal expenses or for services for the benefit of companies close to his party and the ENL.
The RN denounces instrumentalization before the second round
Olaf’s report is currently in the hands of the Paris prosecutor’s office. ” I wonder at the timing of the revelation “, ironically for his part Master Rodolphe Bosselut, lawyer for Marine Le Pen, a few days before presidential second round. He denounces a instrumentalization and ensures that the RN candidate challenges this report.
For five years, Marine Le Pen has already been indicted for embezzlement of public funds in another case, concerning suspicions of fictitious jobs in the European Parliament.
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