France's Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of misappropriating European funds to finance her far-right National Rally (RN) party, in a case which could lead to her being barred from standing in the 2027 presidential election.
Marine Le Pen found guilty in EU funding embezzlement case
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyq40yz70qo
3 Comments
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Five years is nothing.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Is there a likelihood that it will not mean that?
projectmoon@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Well if she is acquitted on appeal for example. But no idea how the sentencing works in cases like this. Maybe someone with knowledge of French law can chime in.