French far-right Marine Le Pen goes on trial over fake EU jobs: AFP

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen went on trial on Monday on charges of embezzling money from the European Parliament, in a high-profile case that could endanger her presidential ambitions.

"We have not broken any rules," the three-time presidential candidate of the far-right National Rally (RN) said before the start of the hearings in Paris. Le Pen, 56, and a slew of senior RN figures face charges they embezzled money from the EU assembly through fake jobs.

AFP