Marine Le Pen banned from running for public office for five years and given four-year sentence in embezzlement trial – Europe live

Two years of sentence suspended after French far right leader found guilty of misappropriating EU fundsThe judges have begun reading their verdicts.Patrick Maisonneuve, lawyer for the European parliament, arriving in court, said that what was at stake was the embezzlement of European taxpayers’ funds. Continue reading...

Marine Le Pen banned from running for public office for five years and given four-year sentence in embezzlement trial – Europe live

Two years of sentence suspended after French far right leader found guilty of misappropriating EU funds

The judges have begun reading their verdicts.

Patrick Maisonneuve, lawyer for the European parliament, arriving in court, said that what was at stake was the embezzlement of European taxpayers’ funds. Continue reading...