Marine Le Pen Cleared to Run for 2027 French Presidency Despite Legal Troubles
Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Rally, has been cleared by a French appeals court to run for the presidency in 2027, despite a conviction for misusing EU funds that requires her to wear an electronic monitoring tag. This ruling reduces her previous ban from public office and allows her to pursue her fourth presidential bid, raising questions about her campaign's effectiveness.
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Populism unites Le Pen and Farage. But she is a step closer to power
Marine Le Pen is a convicted criminal. But now she’s running for office and there is still no credible candidate to oppose her As the judge read out the verdict in Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial for embezzlement, the same conversation was playing out in living rooms and WhatsApp groups across France. What? Does this mean she can run for the Élysée after all? But what about the prison sentence? And the electronic tag (which Le Pen had promised she would not campaign wearing)? And what about her protege Jordan Bardella? For a few hours, it looked as though the court of appeal had unexpectedly played a masterful hand by unequivocally upholdingthe far-right National Rally (RN) figurehead’s conviction for misappropriation of public funds. It handed her a fine of €100,000 (£85,000) and a commuted prison sentence, the remaining year of which would be served by Le Pen being electronically tagged. Catherine Fieschi is a visiting scholar with Carnegie Europe and the author of Populocracy: The Tyranny of Authenticity and the Rise of Populism Continue reading...
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Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage both stare down authorities, saying the voters will decide their fates.
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The National Rally leader also said she will attempt to appeal an embezzlement conviction.
Marine Le Pen To Run For French Presidency Next Year Despite Court-Ordered Monitor
The court said Le Pen’s far-right party embezzled 2.8 million euros ($3.2 million) over more than 11 years.
No stopping Le Pen? French appeals court clears way for 2027 presidential run
Did a court decision just alter the outcome a French presidential election that’s less than 300 days in the future? Marine Le Pen’s conviction for funnelling EU parliamentary staff funds to her far-right National Rally party. Watered down by half, her 30-months of ineligibility to run for public office. That makes it now possible for her to launch a fourth bid for the presidency.
Marine Le Pen: Presidential bid in doubt as court upholds fraud conviction
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen saw her conviction for fraud upheld by a Paris appeals court on Tuesday. The court sentenced Le Pen to a three-year jail term, but with two years suspended and one year with an electronic ankle tag. It means Le Pen will be eligible to run in France’s 2027 presidential elections but while wearing an electronic bracelet, something she has said is a no-go.
France's Le Pen cleared to run for president in 2027 but with ankle bracelet
Marine Le Pen's path to the French presidency was thrown back into uncertainty on Tuesday after an appeals court cleared the far-right leader to run in next year's presidential election but ordered her to serve a one-year sentence with an ankle bracelet, raising questions over whether she could effectively campaign.
French court allows far-right leader Marine Le Pen to run for president with ankle tag
An appeals court shortened the ban on Le Pen’s holding public office. But it ordered her to wear an electronic monitoring tag for a year, making a presidential campaign politically and logistically difficult.