{"id":108947,"date":"2024-10-01T03:09:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108947"},"modified":"2024-10-01T03:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:09:44","slug":"marine-le-pens-party-goes-on-trial-in-france-on-embezzlement-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108947","title":{"rendered":"Marine Le Pen\u2019s Party Goes on Trial in France on Embezzlement Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and over 20 other people went on trial in Paris on Monday on charges that they embezzled funds from the European Parliament between 2004 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The trial, in a Paris criminal court, is scheduled to last two months and is an unwelcome distraction for Ms. Le Pen. She will have to be in court at a time when her National Rally party has acquired immense political sway in France following <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/07\/world\/europe\/france-election-results-left-surges.html?searchResultPosition=9\" title=\"\">last summer\u2019s parliamentary elections<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The accusations that the party illegally used several million euros in European Parliament funds for unrelated partisan expenses have been known for nearly a decade, but they have done little to hobble <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/06\/world\/europe\/rural-france-national-rally-appeal.html?searchResultPosition=7\" title=\"\">National Rally\u2019s rise<\/a> as a xenophobic, nationalist party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A conviction, though, could deal a severe blow to the political ambitions of Ms. Le Pen, who is a representative in France\u2019s Parliament, as she prepares her fourth presidential run, in 2027. It could also derail her efforts to bring her party <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/25\/world\/europe\/france-national-rally-rebranding.html?searchResultPosition=4\" title=\"\">further into the mainstream<\/a>, although it is unlikely to weaken its current power in the lower house of Parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Le Pen, who was a European Parliament lawmaker from 2004 to 2017 and has served in France\u2019s Parliament since then, is charged with embezzlement and complicity in embezzlement. If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in prison, a maximum fine of 1 million euros (about $1.12 million) and could be barred from public office for up to a decade. The National Rally itself is also charged in the case, as is allowed under French law. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI don\u2019t think that this can kill the party,\u201d said Jean-Yves Camus, an expert on the far right at the Jean-Jaur\u00e8s Foundation, noting that French voters are currently focused on the country\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/18\/business\/france-debt-deficit-prime-minister-macron.html?searchResultPosition=3\" title=\"\">ballooning debt and deficit<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/25\/business\/france-taxes-macron.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">possible tax increases<\/a> and immigration policy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"css-1b5b8u1\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M2.5 12a9.5 9.5 0 1 1 19 0 9.5 9.5 0 0 1-19 0Zm8.5 1.75v-7.5h2v7.5h-2Zm0 2v2h2v-2h-2Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<hr\/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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