Marine Le Pen Conviction Upheld, 2027 Bid in Doubt
The court kept her conviction and electronic-monitoring sentence but reduced the office ban to 15 months, leaving a 2027 presidential run possible.
- A Paris appeals court cleared the way for Marine Le Pen to run in the 2027 presidential election Tuesday, but paired the decision with a strict monitoring condition that she has previously rejected as a "no-go."
- The court dramatically softened her lower-court ban on holding public office, reducing it from five years to 45 months, with 30 months suspended. Because she has been serving the ban since March 2025, the remaining 15-month active restriction will expire just before the 2027 election.
- However, the judge sentenced Le Pen to a one-year mandatory home confinement with an electronic bracelet, alongside a three-year prison sentence and a €100,000 fine for embezzling European Parliament funds.
- Le Pen has firmly maintained that campaigning for the presidency under house arrest is completely impossible, stating prior to the verdict that she would pull out of the race if forced to wear a monitoring tag because she couldn't freely leave the house to hold evening rallies or meet constituents.
- The verdict leaves the anti-immigration National Rally party facing a massive strategic decision; if Le Pen determines the electronic bracelet makes a viable fourth presidential bid impossible, her 30-year-old protégé and party president, Jordan Bardella, is poised to take her place on the ballot.
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Marine Le Pen's conviction was confirmed by the Paris Court of Appeal. Verdict: three years' imprisonment, including one year's imprisonment under electronic bracelet, and 45 months' eligibility, of which 30 were suspended.
Marine Le Pen hits campaign trail after French court decision to shorten ban
France's far-right supremo Marine Le Pen hit the campaign trail on Wednesday fresh off her announcement she would run for president despite an embezzlement conviction.Surrounded by crowds and journalists in the western town of La Fleche, that was won by her National Rally (RN) party in municipal elections, Le Pen brushed aside criticism of her...
A court of appeal has confirmed the conviction of French right-wing populist Marine Le Pen for embezzlement of EU funds. The ban on public offices has been shortened so that she can take part in the presidential election in 2027. From the three-year prison sentence, two years are suspended for parole. In the remaining year, she would have to wear a shackle. Le Pen wants to appeal and announced that he wants to run "without a shackle".
In France, the right-wing politician Le Pen, despite her legal defeat in an appeals court, is seeking a candidacy for the presidential election next year.
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