Affair over EU assistants: Anticor criticizes mild sanctions against Marine Le Pen after appeals ruling

Paris - 07.07.2026: The Paris appellate court has announced its decision in the proceedings concerning the employment of European Parliament assistants by the former Front National (today Rassemblement National, RN). The Cour d'appel de Paris confirmed on Tuesday central convictions for embezzlement of public funds. Marine Le Pen was sentenced to a suspended prison term and to a time-limited disqualification from holding public office. The court found that funds of the European Parliament had been misused for party-political activities.The sharpest criticism came that evening from Anticor. Inès Bernard, secretary general ...