On March 31, a political earthquake hit France: the far -right politician, Marin Lepen, was found guilty of embezzling EU 474,000 euros, for the employment of four false assistants in the European Parliament between 2009 and 2017, and was also accused of synergy. Her sentence was four years in prison, of which two suspensions and the other two will be carried out with electronic monitoring. In addition, she was fined 100,000 euros and was banned from participating in elections for five years, with immediate effect. This case is not characterized by anyone as a “political” trial or ruling, but Lepen is trying to present it as such, and it is not excluded that it will succeed. According to Politico at a rally last weekend, Lepen told her supporters that she was a “witness”. She argued that her “human and democratic rights had been trampled on”, and cited two names that […]
Source: News Beast
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