The judges suspect that party representatives “concertedly and deliberately” implemented between 2004 and 2016 a “redirection system” of envelopes (21 thousand euros per month) allocated by the European Union to each MP to remunerate parliamentary assistants. , explained the French newspaper Le Monde.
The court will decide on July 3, following expert testimony, whether Marine Le Pen’s father and founder of the National Front (later renamed the National Union), Jean-Marie Le Pen, 95, can prepare a defense and attend the trial. .
The accused also include 11 members of the European Parliament elected on the RN list, 12 parliamentary assistants and four party officials.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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