The General Court of the European Union ruled on 16 July 2025 that the estate of the late French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen must reimburse €303,200 to the European Parliament, rejecting an appeal filed by his daughters Marine, Yann and Marie-Caroline. The decision confirms a 2024 order by the Parliament’s secretary-general to recover funds that had been wrongly claimed as official allowances during Le Pen’s tenure as a Member of the European Parliament. An investigation by the EU’s anti-fraud office OLAF found that between 2009 and 2018 Le Pen charged personal purchases—including ties, kitchen scales and 129 bottles of wine—to a budget line meant for parliamentary operating costs. The court said the Parliament had followed due process, noting that Le Pen was notified of the irregularities, invited to respond and failed to justify the spending. Claims that the recovery request breached legal certainty, legitimate expectations and the right to a fair trial were dismissed. The ruling can be appealed on points of law to the EU Court of Justice within two months and ten days. The National Rally party, which Le Pen founded as the National Front, did not immediately comment. The case is separate from earlier proceedings in Paris that led to a March 2025 first-instance conviction of Marine Le Pen and other party members over the misuse of EU funds for parliamentary assistants.