A French MP was sentenced to three years in prison (two suspended) for spending €740,000 of public funds on vote-buying activities.

The court of Marseille also imposed a fine of €100,000 and five years of ineligibility at Sylvie Andrieux, the French MP and member of the Socialist party. According to France 24, despite the sentence, Andrieux is being viewed as a martyr in Marseille. Socialist county councillor Garo Hovsépian told France Télevisions o...