France Elections: Marine Le Pen's Party Accused Of Defrauding The EU

French presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen's, Far- right -National Front party (FN), is being accused of allegedly defrauding the European Parliament of about  5million Euros, according to the BBC.

There are suspicions by the Parliament that the money went to FN assistants who were not real workers of MEP but were working for the party in France.

Although the allegation has been denied by FN, it is already under investigation in France.

The alleged payments which were carried out from 2012 onward affects her and other FN MEPs.

 Le Pen, will be contesting in the second- round of the presidential election on 7 May, against liberal centrist Emmanuel Macron.