In the affair surrounding the possible bogus employment of staff in the European Parliament, the public prosecutor’s office has demanded a five-year loss of the right to stand for election for the right-wing nationalist Marine Le Pen. Such a penalty would mean that Le Pen could no longer be elected to public office for a period of time. The prosecution demanded that the penalty be applied provisionally – i.e. after the verdict and not only after a potentially lengthy run through the courts.