Marine Le Pen rejects idea of a pardon, French court says appeal coming in 2026

COUNTER-POINT - Until then, the patroness of the deputies of the National Rally can continue to speak and act as if she remained the "natural candidate" of her camp.

The announcement of the Paris Court of Appeal to issue a decision next year on the case of the extreme right leader has made the regulars of the courts, customary excessive judicial delays.

The leader of the far right has obtained that his appeal trial will be held in 2026, before the presidential election. A preferential treatment against the backdrop of strong political pressures that interro...

In France, the court decision on the appeal of the convicted legal nationalist Le Pen is to fall clearly before the presidential election in 2027. According to the competent court in Paris, a verdict is to be sought by summer next year. Accordingly, a total of three requests are to be examined.

Marine Le Pen rejects idea of a pardon, French court says appeal coming in 2026

Marine Le Pen, the voice of France’s growing right-wing movement, will appeal her conviction in hopes of overturning the restriction on her ability to run for president of France. Le Pen, the front-runner to replace French President Emmanuel Macron in…

Weber mute as his deputy drags EPP into Le Pen row

EPP treasurer François-Xavier Bellamy described Marine Le Pen's conviction as a "very dark day for French democracy".