
AND Paris the appeals court set a sentencing date of July 7 for Marine Le Pen in her case of misuse of European Union funds, a key decision that could derail the far-right leader’s presidential bid.
The five-week trial ended on Wednesday.
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Le Pen, 57, is challenging a March 2025 verdict that found her and other members of her National Rally party guilty of abuse European Parliament funds for hiring assistants from 2004 to 2016.
She denies accusations that she was at the center of a fraudulent scheme designed to siphon off EU funds.
(FRANCE 24 with AP)






