Saturday, 1 July 2017

France - Marine Le Pen placed under formal investigation euronews (in English)

Published on 30 Jun 2017
Magistrates in France have placed Marine Le Pen under formal investigation.

This comes after preliminary inquiries into allegations that European Union funding had been misused by the leader of the far-right National Front.

The placement under formal investigation was confirmed by Le Pen's lawyer, Rodolphe Bosselut.

He has told reporters he will launch an appeal against the move, describing it as a "violation of the principle of the separation of powers".

The newly-elected MP was summoned to…

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