What to Know: Le Pen's Possible Stand-in as Presidential Candidate Is No Carbon Copy
The RN leaders sought to project unity as a Paris appeals court weighs whether Le Pen can run in 2027.
- On Tuesday, a Paris appeals court will decide whether Marine Le Pen can run in the 2027 presidential election; if upheld, a previous ruling would ban the three-time candidate from her best chance at the presidency.
- In March 2025, a Paris court found Le Pen central to a 'fraudulent system' used to siphon €2.9 million from the European Parliament, establishing the legal basis for Tuesday's appeals proceedings.
- At least 1,200 activists attended a 'country banquet' in France where National Rally president Jordan Bardella reaffirmed his support for Le Pen, projecting party unity and dispelling internal dissent rumors.
- The National Rally duo accused Jean-Luc Mélenchon of promoting a 'racialist policy' while branding former prime ministers Gabriel Attal and Philippe as 'mini-Macrons'; Le Pen declared, 'We will never be discouraged.'
- Should the court ban her, Le Pen promised to support protégé Bardella 'every day' with 'great energy,' while the National Rally prepares for the presidential race as President Emmanuel Macron cannot run again next year.
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In the mining basin, acquired at the National Rally, the Lievinians claim to maintain their full confidence in the extreme right-wing candidate in the presidential election. His new sentence on appeal is perceived as "harassment" by his supporters.
PARIS. Marine Le Pen's presidential dream is alive. It is clear after an interview on French television in which she said that she will appeal the sentence of wearing an electronic anklet for a year, which she was sentenced to on Tuesday. – Tonight I am a candidate in the presidential election. I will not change my mind, she says. But it is not certain that she will escape the anklet.
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In 2025, Le Pen was banned from running for public office. An appeals court will rule on the case on Tuesday.
Right-wing populist Marine Le Pen has long been striving for the presidency. However, whether she is allowed to run depends on the verdict of an appeal court. 30-year-old ascender Jordan Bardella watches his chance.
On the front page of the press, this Monday 6 July, the beginning of a decisive week for the RN with the decision, tomorrow, of the justice in the case of the European parliamentary attachés of the FN, which will confirm or not the impossibility for Marine Le Pen to be candidate for the presidential of next year. The rise of the AfD in Germany. [...]
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