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Ms Marion Le Pen was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2017. On 5 December 2016, the Parliament decided that, between December 2010 and February 2016, the sum of € 298 497.87 had been unduly paid to Ms Le Pen in respect of parliamentary assistance. The Parliament complains that Ms Le Pen did not provide evidence of the existence of an activity of the local assistant linked actually, directly and exclusively to her mandate. Ms Le Pen asked the General Court to annul that decision. By judgment T-86/17, the Court rejected Ms Le Pen’s action and confirms the Parliament’s decision. In particular, the Court takes the view that Ms Le Pen has not been able to prove that her assistant performed actual work for her: she has not provided evidence of any activity whatsoever on the part of the parliamentary assistant that comes under parliamentary assistance, which she moreover acknowledged during the hearing.