US EditionLe Pen's political fate hangs in the balance as French appeal begins
Marine Le Pen appeals a conviction that bars her from public office for five years over misuse of EU funds, a ruling that could block her 2027 presidential bid.
- Marine Le Pen opens her appeal in Paris this week on Jan 12, which will determine if she can run in the 2027 presidential election; the ruling is expected before summer.
- The conviction stems from courts finding EU funds used to pay party staff, with Marine Le Pen found guilty last year of misappropriating more than 4 million euros, triggering her immediate ban.
- Le Pen and co-defendants formally lodged appeals, while Rodolphe Bosselut and Sandra Chirac Kollarik declined comment; the European Parliament won more than 3 million euro in damages and the RN must pay a 2 million euro fine, half suspended, with most French public supporting the ruling.
- A ruling expected before the summer will decide if Marine Le Pen can run in the 2027 presidential contest; if barred, RN party president Jordan Bardella would replace her, boosted by her legal troubles.
- U.S. officials' past internal talks about sanctioning French judges last year were denied by Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers on Thursday, while Maud Bregeon warned against U.S. meddling after Peimane Ghaleh-Marzban condemned interference.
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Sentenced in first instance to a heavy sentence of ineligibility with immediate execution, Marine Le Pen plays his political future at the Paris Court of Appeal. From this Tuesday 13 January and until 12 February, the...
Made ineligible by his conviction at first instance, Marine Le Pen plays his candidacy in the presidential election of 2027 at the appeal trial, which will take place until 12 February.
The president of the RN wanted to say this Monday that a judicial conviction that would prevent Marine Le Pen from running for President 2027 would be "deeply disturbing for democracy", on the eve of a much awaited appeal trial in the case of the European parliamentary assistants of the FN.
The appeal trial of the President of the National Rally will take place from 13 January to 12 February 2026.
Marine Le Pen appeared on appeal from 13 January to 12 February in the case of the European Parliamentary Assistants. The stakes are great: sentenced in the first instance to five years of ineligibility with immediate execution, the elected candidate is currently prevented from running for the presidential election of 2027. - Can Marine Le Pen run in 2027? What you need to know before the trial that opens Tuesday (Politics).
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