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Le Pen suspected of misusing European Union funds

2022-04-17 20:35:07Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Le Pen suspected of misusing European Union funds

French prosecutors said Sunday they are reviewing a report by the European Union's anti-financial fraud agency, accusing far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and members of her party of misusing EU funds worth thousands of euros.

Le Pen is challenging Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election with opinion polls showing Macron ahead in next Sunday's second runoff.

The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed it was studying a report it had received from the EU anti-fraud agency OLAF on 11 March.

Investigative website Mediapart wrote on Saturday that OLAF's report claimed Le Pen had embezzled 140,000 euros of public money with party members, diverting a total of 617,000 euros. None are accused of benefiting directly, but of seeking EU funds for staff and events expenses.

"The French will not be deceived by the efforts of the European Union and European institutions (...) to interfere with the presidential campaign and harm Marine Le Pen", National Rally President Jordan Bardella told Europe 1 radio.

He said his party had filed two legal complaints against OLAF and that it would file a third in response to the report.

Speaking to BFM TV, Le Pen's lawyer Rodolphe Bosselut said his client denied the allegations. He said she had not yet been questioned, and neither he nor Le Pen had seen olaf's report.

Le Pen has been under investigation since 2017 as part of an investigation into the alleged misuse of European Union funds to pay parliamentary assistants.


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