Three years ago, French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was warned that her National Front party would be at financial risk unless its lawmakers could squeeze more funding from the European Parliament. “In the years to come…we will get by only if we accumulate savings thanks to the European Parliament and get additional transfers,” party treasurer Wallerand de Saint-Just wrote in an email in June 2014. The email is part...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 17, 2017 08:15 UTC