The national rally targeted by a new financial survey, on its campaign accounts – Liberation
Is it the start of a new judicial case that could embarrass the far-right party? After the conviction of Marine Le Pen on March 31 In the case of fictitious jobs in the European Parliament, the Paris prosecutor’s office said this Wednesday, May 14, that investigating judges have been investigating since July 2024 on loans granted by individuals to the National Rally.
The judicial information was opened by the prosecution of the specialized interregional jurisdiction (Jirs) of Paris on July 2. The investigations relate to suspicions of loan from a legal person to a candidate in the electoral campaign, of acceptance by a candidate in the campaign of this loan, of embezzlement of goods by persons exercising a public service or of scam committed to the damage of a public person. Judicial information is also open for false and use of false.
Loans to political parties are the subject of strict supervision. Those emanating from individuals cannot be « Carried out on a usual basis », Recalls the National Assembly on its site. Moreover, « These loans, which are subject to ceilings, cannot exceed a period of five years ; They cannot constitute disguised gifts ”.
A report of The National Commission for Campaign accounts and Political Funding (CNCCFP)received in 2023 by the prosecution and revealed in early May by the magazine Challengesresulted in the opening of the judicial information. Other reports were then sent to the investigating judges, according to the public prosecutor. According to the magazine, the CNCCFP reported loans of 23 individuals, which were used in a usual way to the RN, for a total amount greater than 2.3 million euros, between 2020 and 2023.
According to observations from the statutory auditors of the CNCCFP, in the financial year 2023, the RN is also slow to reimburse these loans. « The reimbursement of loans taken out by the party with natural persons is subject to particularly attentive follow -up on the part of the Commission for several years »underlined the CNCCFP in these observations.
