Prosecutors want Marine Le Pen Banned | Vantage with Palki Sharma France's so-called "far-right" leader, Marine Le Pen, is on trial for corruption. She is accused of embezzling money from the European Union.

Allies of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen have accused the judiciary of a witch hunt and undue meddling in democracy after prosecutors requested she face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing European Union funds.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor on Wednesday requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial where she and 24 others are accused of embezzling European Union funds.

Allies of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen have accused the judiciary of a witch-hunt and undue meddling in democracy after prosecutors requested she face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing European Union funds.

Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s right-wing National Rally party, risks missing out on the nation’s next presidential race after prosecutors sought an immediate five-year ban on her running for office at the end of an embezzlement trial.

It’s tempting to take a leaf from a successful President Trump and dismiss the Marine Le Pen trial as a textbook example of lawfare. Paris Prosecutor Nicolas Barret’s move for a five-year jail sentence (with three years suspended),

Prosecutors want her to face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing EU money. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Paris prosecutors have requested a 2-year prison sentence against France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen and an additional 5-year period of ineligibility to run for office.