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Le Pen party at risk as French judges 'block' €2m payout

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French far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, said on Sunday that her party "will be dead by the end of August" if French judges decided to block €2m of state subsidies to the party, according to AFP. The judges reportedly have decided to stop the money as part of an investigation into alleged misuse by the party of European parliamentary funds.

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