French police raid far-right party office for financial inquiry

French Police Raid National Rally Headquarters

• French police raid National Rally headquarters, seized documents and accounting records.

• Investigation into allegations of illegal financing of Marine Le Pen’s 2022 presidential bid and party’s European Parliament and French parliamentary campaigns.

• National Rally, the largest single party in France’s lower house of parliament, aims to curtail migration and restrict Muslims’ rights.

• The raid follows Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction in April, where she and 24 other party officials were accused of using funds intended for parliamentary aides to pay party staff.