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A few days before the French presidential election, Le Pen is accused of embezzling millions of EU money | Elections in France | The DR Le Pen camp rejects the accusations and calls it an attempt by the EU to ruin her election campaign. the next five years.But here a few days before the presidential election, Marie Le Pen has ended up in a political storm, which risks casting heavy shadows over the rest of her. father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, and ex-boyfriend Louis Aliot, have been accused of misusing millions of kroner in support when they were members of .It's anti - fraud unit, Olaf, which has been investigating the case since 2016. long report, which Mediapart has got its hands on in parts, it concerns just under 4.6 million kroner, which Marine Le Pen and party colleagues should have spent on, among other things, national party activities, such as a congress in Lyon, and on supporting associations with close ties to the party.It is not allowed under the rules and therefore now demands that the money be repaid from the four former parliamentarians.Marine Le Pen herself, who is strongly critical of for the collaboration, according to Mediapart should have misused just over one million kroner when she was from 2004 to 2017. In 2010, for example, she should have spent just over 37,000 kroner on paying for hotel rooms for 13 party members, who on paper were invited to a conference on the European regions in the wake of the financial crisis, but which were actually gathered to discuss the party's leadership. Their behavior and non-compliance with the rules means that they should be held responsible for their serious violations of the rules. Olaf report , that Marine Le Pen had hung a flag on the wall when pictures were to be taken to document the theme. After this, she had asked colleagues to "pack that shit away", writes Mediapart. An accusation made by Marine Le Pen herself in the report with the explanation that the unnamed source is just out to take revenge on her. have spent just over 172,000 kroner on party candy, including pens and keychains, and more than 30,000 kroner on Beaujolais wine. institutions ".- Their and non-compliance with the rules means that they should be held accountable for their serious violations, the anti-fraud unit writes according to Mediapart in the report. received the critical report and that it is now becoming .Marine Le Pen is already under suspicion of having misused money from the coffers to pay ass istenter, who was formally employed in, but who in fact worked for the party in Paris. Something she used to have .This is manipulation. Unfortunately, I'm not surprised. Rodolphe Bosselut, lawyer for Le Pen Marin Le Pen has not commented on the latest allegations, but her lawyer, Rodolphe Bosselut, confirmed on Sunday that the right-wing politician is familiar with the Olaf investigation and that in March last year answered in writing to questions about the case.But the lawyer bluntly told BFMTV that there should be something to come after.- Marine Le Pen denies this. She denies it, even though she has not been allowed to see all the details of the indictment. This is manipulation. "Unfortunately, I'm not surprised," said Rodolphe Bosselut, who also questioned the timing of the announcement. Jordan Bardella, chairman of Rassemblement National, also does not think the timing is in any way coincidental. critical and wants less European co-operation, her, President Emmanuel Macron, conversely wants much more co-operation across European borders. And Le Pen's opponents have several times before tried to portray her as one who does not respect the cooperation or the money of the citizens. percent of the vote on Sunday. But in Rassemblement National, which is in the same group as the Danish People's Party, it is not believed that the latest revelations will have serious consequences for the election result. - The French will not be fooled by attempts by and the European institutions to interfere in the presidential campaign and injury Marine Le Pen, Jordan Bardella told Europe 1 radio station.