Editing National Rally (section)

=== Payment of party officials with EU funds ===
{{main|National Rally assistants affair}}
In December 2023, 28 people, including [[Marine Le Pen]] and her father [[Jean Marie Le Pen|Jean Marie]], were ordered to stand trial after they were charged with a scheme which involved paying National Rally party officials through [[European Union|EU]] funds which were earmarked for [[European Parliament]] assistants.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/frances-marine-le-pen-to-face-trial-over-spending-e41ced4e|title=France's Marine Le Pen to Face Trial Over Spending|first=Nick|last=Kostov|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=December 8, 2023|accessdate=December 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-far-right-leader-marine-le-pen-stand-trial-over-alleged-misuse-eu-funds-2023-12-08/|title=French far-right leader Marine Le Pen to stand trial over alleged misuse of EU funds|publisher=Reuters|date=December 8, 2023|accessdate=December 10, 2023}}</ref>

On 31 March 2025, 25 National Rally members (including Le Pen, 9 other former NR MEPs, and 12 assistants) were found guilty. The sentences for Le Pen and several former MEPs included bans from running for political office.<ref name="Gdn31325">{{cite news |last1=Chrisafis |first1=Angelique |title=Marine Le Pen attacks ban on French presidency run as a 'political decision' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/marine-le-pen-barred-from-running-for-french-presidency-in-2027|quote=Le Pen and 24 party members, including nine former members of the European parliament and their 12 parliamentary assistants, were found guilty of a vast scheme over many years to embezzle European parliament funds. |access-date=1 April 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=31 March 2025}}</ref><ref name="TelegraphConviction">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/31/marine-le-pen-ban-french-politics-court-case/|title=Marine Le Pen banned from politics|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=31 March 2025|last=Samuel|first=Henry}}</ref><ref name="France24Conviction">{{cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250331-%F0%9F%94%B4-french-court-convicts-far-right-leader-marine-le-pen-in-embezzlement-trial|title=French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office|publisher=[[France 24]]|date=31 March 2025}}</ref>