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French National Front MEP cheated EU taxpayers
By EUobserver
The General Court at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Wednesday ruled that far-right French MEP Dominique Bilde of the National Front party must return some €40,000. The European Parliament had requested the sum returned following evidence Bilde misspent the money by hiring a local parliamentary assistant. Bilde refused and then took her case to Luxembourg, which she has now lost.