While Marine Le Pen will know this Monday the verdict of the trial called European parliamentary assistants of the national rally, in which she risks an ineligibility sentence, Jean-Luc Mélenchon sees a file showing similarities with this explosive affair. The daily Release reveals a report from the European Anti-Fraude Office, the conclusions of which note ” breaches In the management of his assistants when the rebellious leader was MEP.
The report poses in particular the question of the role of parliamentary assistants of Jean-Luc Mélenchon While he sat in the European Parliament. If the reality of their work is not in doubt, unlike the national gathering file, the traceability of their activities poses a problem according to the Olaf, in particular for two of these assistants out of the twenty that the rebellious leader used over his Brussels and Strasbourg leaders. In total, the cost of these ” breaches Could amount to 500,000 euros depending on the report. Questioned by the Olaf in 2020, Jean-Luc Mélenchon admitted that he was “” materially impossible To justify the work of these assistants on a daily basis and explained that he did not directly manage his envelope of mandate costs anyway.
Insoumise France displays its astonishment
“” Why was this report which dates from 2021 revealed this week a few days before the verdict of the Le Pen trial? »Maked in question in the rebellious ranks. A timing that raises questions, according to a source in the party, which deplores that the people implicated were not contacted by Release. The daily accused of ” serve the national gathering agenda »: The evocation of the Mélenchon file could make it possible to put the verdict of the trial of Marine Le Penaccording to rebellious, by drowning the practices of the far -right movement in an ocean of similar actions from the other French parties. LFI, which recalls that the procedure was triggered following a report in 2017 of the MEP RN Sophie Montel.
On the left, a certain discomfort
A socialist MEP thus admits that the role of parliamentary attachés, especially those responsible for the press, is still a bit vague. Even if for him, the file may explain why Jean-Luc Mélenchon “” has always been very careful about the trial brought in Marine Le Pen ». His ecological colleague David Cormand believes that the two cases are not comparable and that above all no prosecution is formally initiated while the alleged facts are old. “” Justice must do its job He continues, while also surprising the moment of the revelation of this report.