Marine Le Pen: prosecutor recommends jail and 5 year ban from public office in EU embezzlement trial

Request from Paris prosecutor threatens to undermine the National Rally leader's efforts to polish image ahead of 2027 elections The Paris prosecutor on has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial in which she and 24 others are accused of embezzling European Union funds. The trial, which comes almost a decade after initial investigations started, threatens to undermine her National Rally (RN) party's efforts to p...