French election: New claims over Le Pen FN funding
27 February 2017 From the section Europe
A former aide to the French far-right presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, has made new allegations about fraudulent party financing.
Gael Nofri said that in 2012 the National Front (FN) had recruited him into Ms Le Pen's presidential campaign team, using a fictitious European Parliament (EP) contract.
It was apparently a way for the FN to avoid declaring campaign spending.
The FN is already under investigation for alleged misuse of EP funds.
Anti-FN protesters in Nantes clashed with police on Saturday ahead of a Le Pen rally
Police in full riot gear confronted the protesters in Nantes
Continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39102189
Some good pictures here of demonstrations in Nantes, the Celtic part of France, near Normandy, and one of the areas that is somewhat untouched from the trouble that has been in that country as the result of terrorism and immigration if I remember correctly. I think the French protest just to protest. Those Celts should learn how fortunate they are.
