PARIS: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen told an appeals trial on Wednesday that her party acted in “good faith,” denying an effort to embezzle European Parliament funds as she fights to keep her 2027 presidential bid alive. A French court last year barred Le Pen, a three-time presidential candidate from the far-right National Rally (RN), from running for office for five years over a fake jobs scam at the European institution.

French far-right leader denies existence of fake jobs ‘system’ as she seeks to overturn ban on running for president

Editorial: A Paris appeals court will decide if Marine Le Pen can stand in next year’s presidential election. But legal troubles have not damaged the fortunes of her party

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…

PARIS: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen told an appeals trial on Wednesday that her party acted in “good faith,” denying an effort to embezzle European Parliament funds as…

During her second day of questioning in court, far-right leader Marine Le Pen cautiously said she was 'willing to acknowledge' that an offense may have been committed.