A Paris prosecutor has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for the leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial in which she and 24 others are accused of embezzling EU funds.far-right
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.
On Wednesday, the Paris prosecutor requested a €300,000 (£249,439) fine, five years in prison and an ineligibility sentence against Le Pen, with provisional execution – meaning the ban on running for public office would take immediate effect.
