Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Marine Le Pen refuses to repay EU, has MEP salary slashed

Far right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has refused to repay 320 000 dollars to the European Parliament - for wages paid to her assistant, who the Parliament says never worked there.
That means Le Pen's salary as an MEP will be partly withheld, along with her expenses, until she pays up.
Our Europe correspondent Elena Casas reports from Brussels.


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