US EditionLe Pen Appeal Trial to Open Next Week, Presidential Bid at Stake
Marine Le Pen appeals a conviction involving €3.2 million misappropriated EU funds that bars her from the 2027 presidential race, with a verdict expected this summer.
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Le Pen appeal trial to open next week, presidential bid at stake
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces a pivotal appeal trial next week, in an embezzlement case that could derail her 2027 presidential bid. The trial, which begins on Tuesday, follows a ruling last year in which a French court banned Le Pen, 57, from running for office for five years in an EU Parliament fake-jobs case involving her and other officials from her National Rally party. The three-time presidential candidate was also sentenced …
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Marine Le Pen, eleven other defendants and the party will appear from 13 January. The opening of this new trial takes place in a tense climate, between the accusations of the far right towards justice and the possibility that the US administration will punish French magistrates.
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