French prosecutor’s request to issue a 5-year prison sentence against “Le Pen”
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Le Pen has been accused by 24 current and former members of the right-wing “National Community” party of using three million euros from the budget allocated by the European Parliament for purposes other than those stipulated in the laws. are Their accusation is that they used the money that the European Union Parliament considers for parliamentary assistants between 2004 and 2016 in order to pay other employees of their party and violated the rules of this bloc.
During the process of dealing with these charges, prosecutors argued that Le Pen should be punished more severely because she was a member of the European Parliament and the leader of the “National Community” party at the time of the violations. be punished He was the leader of this party from 2011 to 2021 and is still a member of it.
The French prosecutor has said that out of the five years of the prison sentence, three years will be suspended and two years will be spent in electronic custody. They have also asked for a fine of 300,000 euros to be considered for Le Pen.
Le Pen told reporters about this: It is clear that what the public prosecutor wants is the end of Marine Le Pen’s political life.
Jordan Badrella, the current leader of the National Assembly party, who is not among the defendants in this case, called the prosecutor’s office an “attack on democracy” and an attempt to “prosecute” on the “X” social network. and revenge against Marine Le Pen” accused.
