FILE PHOTO: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of parliament of the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, leaves on the last day of her trial alongside 24 other defendants (party officials and employees, former lawmakers and parliamentary assistants) and the RN party itself, over alleged misappropriation of European Union funds, using money intended to pay FN-RN parliamentary assistants for party staff between 2004 and 2016, at the courthouse in Paris, France, November 27, 2024. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - French judges will deliver verdicts on March 31 in the trial of Marine Le Pen and her far-right party on charges of misappropriating European Union funds, a ruling that could have far-reaching political consequences.
Prosecutors are seeking a five-year ban from public office for Le Pen, which could prevent her from running in the 2027 presidential election - something her lawyer called an attack on democracy.
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