France: Le Pens Before the Presidential Election?
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We must go back to March 31, 2025. The Paris Correctional Court had sentenced Marine Le Pen in first instance to four years in prison, including two years in prison, so... Presidential article 2027: Is Marine Le Pen right to stand in the run for the presidential election? appeared first on Current Values.
Contrary to expectations, the right-wing nationalist Marine Le Pen is allowed to run for the French Presidency. The country is facing an election campaign like no one has yet.
On appeal, Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in the case of Euro MPs' assistants RN. This decision was very much expected by the activists of the National Rally. For several months, the party has been preparing for the hypothesis of a candidacy of Jordan Bardella if it was ineligible. How did their supporters welcome this judgment of the Court of Appeal which does not oblige the leader of the RN to renounce his presi…
The three-time presidential candidate had set two conditions for her candidacy: that of being eligible on the date of the first round on 18 April 2027, and that of not wearing an electronic bracelet. Will she change her opinion and announce a candidacy? Will she wait for her party pending further discussions with a sentencing judge? Answer to TF1's "20 hours" tonight.
“As a politician, your fate is always in the hands of the voter. That applies to Marine Le Pen. That applies to Nigel Farage. But the voter’s voice does not mean that abuse is simply whitewashed,” says political journalist Isolde Van den Eynde.
In the appeal against Marine Le Pen, the verdict is expected this Tuesday. A Paris court must decide whether it confirms the judgment of the first instance and declares Le Pen guilty of misrepresenting EU funds. In addition to a prison sentence and a fine, Le Pen was excluded from elections for five years in the spring of 2025.
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