Paris Prosecutors Probe Campaign Donations To Macron's LREM - Reports

Paris prosecutors on Tuesday opened a preliminary inquiry into the campaign financing of French President Emmanuel Macron's La Republique En Marche! (LREM) party, local media reported.

PARIS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th November, 2018) Paris prosecutors on Tuesday opened a preliminary inquiry into the campaign financing of French President Emmanuel Macron's La Republique En Marche! (LREM) party, local media reported.

Public auditors were unable to trace back to the source the 144,000 Euros ($164,000) in funds contributed to the party in 2017 and notified prosecutors about a possible violation, France's Europe 1 radio said.

Contributions by a single donor cannot exceed 7,500 euros per year. The publication stressed prosecutors were not looking into possible fraud or illicit financing.

Macron was elected president in May 2017 after winning a runoff against rightwing National Front leader Marine Le Pen. He founded the centrist La Republique En Marche! party a year before the election.