“We are talking about unjustified payments in the amount of €617,000. In the coming weeks, we will begin to recover these funds from the relevant persons,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to the report of the European Anti-Corruption Office, cited by foreign media, the compensation that Le Pen and her associates received in the European Parliament is implied.

It is noted that the funds were allegedly used by Le Pen for personal purposes.

It is planned to collect about 137 thousand rubles from the candidate for the presidency of France.

On the evening of April 10, the first round of the presidential election ended in France. 

According to its results, Macron won 27.84% of the vote.

The leader of the National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, received the support of 23.15% of voters.

The second round will take place on April 24.