Marine Le Pen’s Comeback – European Council on Foreign Relations
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Marine Le Pen, convicted but eligible, is now a candidate for 2027. She takes the risk that the Court of Cassation will issue its judgment before the first round of the election and that it will confirm the ruling of the Court of Appeal. Pending the end of this judicial suspense, Marine Le Pen will launch its campaign with its party president Jordan Bardella, who no longer appears as Plan B.
Jurist Olivier Beaud believes, in a forum in the "World", that the judges of the Court of Appeal have rendered a very "calibrated" decision by confirming the conviction of the leader of the National Rally for misappropriation of public funds, while lifting the obstacle that prohibited him from running for the presidential election of 2027.
Marine Le Pen’s comeback – European Council on Foreign Relations
This week, Mark Leonard welcomes Célia Belin, head of ECFR’s Paris office and senior policy fellow, and Jeremy Cliffe, ECFR’s editorial director and senior policy fellow, to discuss Marine Le Pen’s decision to run in France’s 2027 presidential election. After a Paris appeal court ruling rescinded her ban from holding public office, Le Pen has reasserted leadership of the far-right National Rally (RN) and sidelined Jordan Bardella, who was widely…
Marine Le Pen's appeal to the Court of Cassation could be decided before President 2027, despite uncertain procedural delays.
The Attorney General of the highest court assures that the court will do "everything to keep" the "objective" of rendering a decision "before" the presidential.
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