HSBC closes Marine Le Pen bank account

French far-right leader says she and Front National are victims of ‘banking fatwa’ after Société Générale closes party’s accounts

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s Front National, has claimed that she and her party are victims of a “banking fatwa” after HSBC closed a bank account she had had for 25 years.

The move by Britain’s biggest bank comes amid heightened scrutiny of political accounts and the day after Société Générale, France’s second-largest bank, asked the far-right party to close all its accounts after a 30-year relationship.

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