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The European Parliament said Sunday it will try to recover money owed by Marine Le Pen over fraud allegations as the far-right leader prepares to face President Emmanuel Macron in France’s unpredictably close election run-off. French news platform Mediapart revealed that a report by the EU’s anti-fraud body OLAF accused Le Pen and three other former MEPs – including her father Jean-Marie – of misusing European Parliament funds. The report also alleged that Le Pen personally misappropriated around 137,000 euros ($148,000) of public money from the Strasbourg-based parliament during her time as a…