Between investigations and searches, Marine Le Pen's National Party "increasingly cornered"
On Wednesday, July 9, the National Rally headquarters was raided by police as part of an investigation into suspected illicit party financing. The international press saw this as yet another setback for the woman who still dreams of becoming a candidate in the 2027 presidential election.
As the Spanish daily El Mundo reports, “this is the third investigation into the finances of the National Rally (RN) in less than a year,” and, in fact, “Marine Le Pen finds herself increasingly cornered.” Wednesday, July 9, Investigators from the Paris judicial police have raided the headquarters of the National Rally of the French National Rally (RN) in the capital. The justice system is investigating loans granted by wealthy activists to the far-right party amid suspicions of illicit financing of the RN's campaigns in the 2022 presidential and legislative elections, as well as the 2024 European elections.
“This follows the opening of an investigation on Tuesday, July 8, for misappropriation of community funds by the European Public Prosecutor's Office [which more broadly targets the former European Parliament Identity and Democracy group, to which the RN belonged], details this center-right media outlet , but also the judgment handed down three months ago, which resulted in Marine Le Pen being sentenced to five years of ineligibility for having covered her party's expenses with subsidies allocated by the European Parliament to her group.”
"The National Rally must now defend itself against new legal problems," summarizes Il Foglio from Italy , and bad news never comes alone, on July 9,
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