a high stake trial is taking place in the Paris courtroom behind me my Len is France’s leading farri figure She’s accused of alleged embezzlement of European Parliament funds alongside 25 other officials in her National Ready party Leen has positioned herself as a candidate to succeed president Emanuel macron in the next presidential election she has denied any wrongdoing if she was to be found guilty the Paris courot could possibly make her ineligible to seek off that could throw her political future into disarray and have a major impact on France’s Democratic life