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The conviction of one of the most powerful figures of the European far right for embezzling EU Parliament funds has sent shockwaves around the continent and beyond. But Marine Le Pen's case is just on...
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Transparency advocates say the case underlines broader issues related to lack of oversight of spending at the EU legislature affecting members across the political spectrum.

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The EU Parliament has transparency problems. Marine Le Pen's case is a window into what's wrong
The conviction of one of the most powerful figures of the European far right for embezzling EU Parliament funds has sent shockwaves around the continent and beyond. But Marine Le Pen's case is just one example of transparency problems that have plagued the legislature.
Le Pen not alone: how financial misconduct affects European Parliament
French far-right politician Marine Le Pen and eight other former members of the European Parliament from her party were found guilty of embezzling EU funds. But they were not alone and misuse of money earmarked to pay MEP’s assistants is quite common in the Parliament,
France’s Marine Le Pen Announces EU Far-Right Bloc
Front National leader Marine Le Pen announced the creation of a new bloc in the European Parliament on Tuesday. ‘Europe of Nations and Freedoms’ brings together seven far-right political parties, as Mark Kelly reports.
The EU Parliament Has Transparency Problems. Marine Le Pen's Case Is a Window Into What's Wrong
The conviction of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen for embezzling funds from the EU Parliament has sent shockwaves around the continent and beyond
Russia's Foreign Ministry Says France 'Killed Democracy' With Le Pen Conviction
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French Judge Faces Threats After Barring Marine Le Pen from 2027 Presidential Race
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Internal document reveals how Europe’s most powerful party keeps lawmakers in line
The center-right EPP warns its 188 lawmakers that they will be punished with limited speaking time and diminished roles if they don’t follow the party line, an internal document obtained by POLITICO reveals. In some cases lawmakers will be blacklisted from speaking time allowances if they don’t inform the EPP in advance they won’t show.
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Le Pen’s political career in jeopardy as verdict looms for French far-right party
Accused of embezzling European Parliament funds with other members of her party, Le Pen fears that if found guilty, court will declare her ineligible to run for office
Could the verdict expected at French far-right party’s trial end Marine Le Pen’s political career?
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and 24 other party officials are accused of having used money intended for European Union parliamentary aides to instead pay staff who worked for the party.
Read the decision in Le Pen's embezzlement case: 'A system set up to lighten the party's financial burdens'
Le Monde is publishing the key excerpts from the judgment delivered by the Paris court that convicted Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right Rassemblement National, and banned her from running in elections for five years.
Far-Right European Politicians Attend Jerusalem Antisemitism Conference
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against "the fires of antisemitism" in Western Europe at a conference on Thursday overshadowed by a boycott by several Jewish speakers over the presence of a number of right-wing and far-right European politicians.
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The Future of France's Far-Right Party
Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was convicted of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on March 31, which banned her from running for president in 2027 and deepened a political crisis that threatens to topple the Fifth Republic created nearly seven decades ago by Charles de Gaulle.
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The former Estonian Prime Minister's status as an uncompromising Russia hawk has gone from liability to strength
Germany's emboldened far right takes expanded role in new parliament
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took up its largest-ever share of the seats as Germany's new parliament met for its first session on Tuesday, demanding commensurate influence in a Bundestag facing the biggest diplomatic and economic crisis in decades.
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Le Pen’s dilemma: Seek revenge or help her party
Marine Le Pen has been trying to normalize the National Rally in recent years, but may be tempted to wreak havoc after her guilty verdict.
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