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EU Court Denies Le Pen Heirs’ Appeal to Evade Repaying Misused Funds
FRANCE, JUL 16 – The EU General Court confirmed the European Parliament's recovery of €303,200 from Jean-Marie Le Pen for alleged misuse of funds, with his heirs continuing the legal challenge.
- The EU General Court dismissed on July 16, 2025, an appeal by Jean-Marie Le Pen's heirs to avoid repaying €303,201 in misused parliamentary funds.
- The repayment demand followed findings that Le Pen improperly invoiced personal expenses as official costs during his 2009-2014 European Parliament term.
- Le Pen and his heirs failed to provide evidence supporting the legitimacy of the expenses despite receiving multiple chances during OLAF investigations and Parliament procedures.
- The Court determined that the process by which Parliament made the decision to recover funds and issued the corresponding payment request complies with legal certainty principles and does not infringe upon the right to a fair hearing.
- Le Pen died in January 2025, but his daughters have continued the case while the ruling signals ongoing scrutiny of Marine Le Pen's National Rally amid broader investigations.
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The Le Pen family was rejected on Wednesday by the European Union court. Jean-Marie Le Pen's heirs asked for the annulment of a decision demanding reimbursement by the former leader of the National Front of a sum of 300,000 euros.
The right-wing populist politician Marine Le Pen is once again threatening trouble. Because a six-digit claim by her now deceased father Jean-Marie against reclaims by the European Parliament failed before the European Union court. If the verdict becomes final, the heirs of the Front National founder must pay the EU Parliament around 300,000 euros. Jean-Marie Le Pen was in parliament from 1984 to 2019.
A lawsuit by the now deceased French politician has failed in the court of the European Union.
In 2024 the former leader of the French extreme law presented an action against the decision of the European Parliament's Secretary-General, who considered it "missed" EUR 303,200,99.
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The Star Kuala LumpurEU Court upholds EU parliament’s decision to recover funds from Jean-Marie Le Pen
BRUSSELS - The EU's General Court upheld on Wednesday a European Parliament (EP) decision requiring the estate of late French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen to repay 303,200 euros ($352,380) for wrongly claimed expenses during his time as a member of the parliament. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The European Parliament called on Jean-Marie Le Pen to receive over EUR 300 000 in excess of what had been wrongly received, and the note is now to be settled by his heirs.
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