Fri. Oct 10th, 2025

French prosecutors have said they are examining a report by the European Union’s anti-fraud agency that accuses far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and members of her party of misappropriating European Parliament funds.

On Sunday, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed it was studying a report it received from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) on March 11.

The report, according to French news platform Mediapart, alleges that Le Pen personally misappropriated about 137,000 euros ($148,000) of public money from the Strasbourg-based European Parliament during her time as an MEP between 2004 and 2017.

A source said the European Parliament had referred the case to OLAF after uncovering some of the alleged irregularities.

“In total, we’re talking about 617,000 euros ($667,100) wrongfully paid. We will now proceed with recovery [of the money] from the interested parties in the coming weeks,” the source added.

Le Pen’s office could not immediately be reached for comment.

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