The French far-right leader claimed in a Paris appeals court that her political party and its members did not do anything intentionally wrong in an embezzlement scandal at the European Parliament over the course of 12 years. She sought to shift blame onto the Parliament for being too 'lenient.'

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far right whose 2027 presidential election candidacy is at stake in the trial, was questioned by the court on Tuesday.

The French far-right leader claimed in a Paris appeals court that her political party and its members did not do anything intentionally wrong in an embezzlement scandal at the…