The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched a formal investigation into allegations of misuse of EU funds by Identity and Democracy, a defunct far-right group in the European Parliament that included France’s Rassemblement National, a spokesperson for EPPO said on Tuesday.

The spokesperson confirmed to Euractiv that “EPPO has opened an investigation,” following media reports that ID allegedly misused over €4.3 million in EU funds between 2019 and 2024.