Most of the sum in question-3 million euros all the same-landed in the pockets of two well-known companies of the lepenist microcosm: the E-Politic communication agency, led by Frédéric Chatillon, and the unanimous company, managed by his wife Sighild Blanc. The first received 1.7 million euros after a call for tenders deemed “purely formal” et “Banned with serious compliance problems” by Brussels inspectors. “All these expenses […] are irregular “they conclude without detour. Unanimous, for its part, received more than 1.4 million euros for printing work, subcontracted at lower cost, allowing to generate a margin of 260,000 euros.
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The process furiously recalls the so -called case “Campaign kits”in which Frédéric Chatillon, Sighild Blanc and several members of the ex-national Front were definitively sentenced in June 2024 for fraud and abuse of corporate goods (Frédéric Chatillon, former president of the far-right student organization Group Union Defense, imposed on his candidates the purchase of equipment produced by friends of Marine Le Pen and reimbursed by the State for campaign costs).
The other component of the report pinning the generosity of the ID group to associations to say the least from the political activities of the European Union. More than 700,000 euros in donations have been distributed between 2019 and 2024 to animal shelters, friendly firefighters, a Catholic Identity organization for the restoration of a parish, even anti-abortion activities in Germany. Structures “Often linked to relatives of extreme right -wing MEPs, or located in their election region”note the document.
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“Administrative disagreements” …?!
Questioned this July 3 on RTL, Marine Le Pen preferred to play the card of feigned ignorance – “I don’t know what it is, I didn’t look at this file”– and reject the possible responsibility for its European allies: “I did not have the presidency of this group, I was not secretary general”. Before adding a sentence that speaks volumes about its defense strategy: “There may be administrative disagreements with the European Parliament and we will try, once again, to resolve them”.
The former presidential candidate did not fail to qualify the European institution as“Political body (which) leads to its opposition a trench war” and who “Looking for noises morning, noon and evening, in all circumstances”. Belgian Philip Claeys, former secretary general of the identity group and democracy, rejects these “Incorrect allegations”ensuring that “All payments made in the past five years have been duly billed, justified and controlled”.
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The fact remains that this new affair falls badly for Marine Le Pen, already sentenced on March 31 to five years of ineligibility and four years in prison for embezzlement in the case of European parliamentary assistants of the National Front. If it appealed, the final decision will not fall before the summer of 2026, leaving doubt on its ability to present itself in the presidential election in 2027. But, as the weekly emphasizes The pointthat does not prevent him from considering “Go into force” and maintain his candidacy.
According to EURACTIV, the case could be referred to the European Antifraude Wrestling Office and possibly the European Prosecutor’s Office. What convince Ms. Le Pen to feel a little more concerned?
