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EU Parliament Audit Flags RN and Allies for Improper Use of €4.3 Million

Leaked audit details have prompted the Parliament’s budget control committee to schedule a formal review of the dissolved Identité et Démocratie group’s 2024 accounts.

Les portraits de Marine Le Pen et Jordan Bardella à l'occasion de la réunion du 1er mai du Rassemblement national (RN), à Narbonne, le 1er mai 2025
Marine Le Pen à l'Assemblée nationale à Paris le 1er juillet 2025
Le Rassemblement national a été de nouveau mis en cause pour des irrégularités au Parlement européen, ont révélé plusieurs médias jeudi 3 juillet 2025.
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Overview

  • A confidential 31-page report by the Parliament’s finance directorate alleges that RN and its former Identité et Démocratie allies misused €4.33 million between 2019 and 2024.
  • More than €3.6 million was tied to irregular invoices from uncompetitive contracts and over €700,000 went to associations with no link to parliamentary activities.
  • Two firms close to Marine Le Pen’s circle, e-Politic and Unanime, received €1.7 million and €1.4 million respectively through tenders deemed purely formal and non-compliant.
  • Philip Claeys, former secretary-general of the Identité et Démocratie group, rejected the findings as incorrect, insisting all payments were properly invoiced and audited.
  • The Parliament’s budget control committee has not yet formally examined the 2024 accounts of the dissolved group before issuing any comment.