France’s budget is advancing through fractious parliamentary debates toward a precipice in December when far-right leader Marine Le Pen can let the bill become law, or trigger chaos by toppling the government in a no-confidence vote.

The Paris prosecutor on Wednesday requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial where she and 24 others are accused of embezzling European Union funds.

It’s tempting to take a leaf from a successful President Trump and dismiss the Marine Le Pen trial as a textbook example of lawfare. Paris Prosecutor Nicolas Barret’s move for a five-year jail sentence (with three years suspended),