A Paris court is expected to deliver a verdict Monday in an embezzlement case that could shake up French politics and derail far-right leader Marine Le Pen's career. Le Pen and 24 other officials from her National Rally are accused of having used money intended for European Union parliamentary aides to pay staff who worked for the

Marine Le Pen's poltical future hangs in the balance with judges in Paris set to deliver their verdict in an embezzlement trial Monday.

French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty in an embezzlement case. Le Pen and eight MEPs were found guilty by a French court. The far-right leader and 24 other officials from her National Rally party were accused of diverting more than €3m (£2.51m) of European Parliament funds to pay France-based staff between 2004 and 2016.

The move raises questions about the practical changes targeted companies may need to implement, given differing approaches between the United States and France.

The policy comes in the form of a DEI questionnaire issued to French companies. The Trump administration has ordered some French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with his executive order banning diversity,