US EditionLe Pen's political fate hangs in the balance as French appeal begins
Marine Le Pen appeals a conviction involving misuse of EU Parliament funds and a five-year ban that threatens her 2027 presidential run; verdict expected before summer 2026.
- 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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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).
On Tuesday, January 13, the appeal process is set to begin, which will be crucial to whether Marine Le Pen or her protégé Jordan Bardella will be able to run.
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Le Pen's political fate hangs in the balance as French appeal begins
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen begins a crucial appeal in Paris this week that will determine whether she can run in the 2027 presidential election, after being barred from public office over a conviction for misusing EU funds.
Born in politics, the former president of the National Rally is judged on appeal from Tuesday in the case of European parliamentary assistants. A confirmation of his conviction to five years of ineligibility would call into question an entire life oriented towards the supreme election.
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