US EditionFrance’s Le Pen says she won’t run in 2027 if appeal court orders her to wear an electronic bracelet
Marine Le Pen could face an electronic bracelet or ban from office over alleged EU fund misuse, potentially blocking her 2027 presidential campaign, court verdict expected July 7.
- Refusing an electronic tag, Le Pen said she won't run for president next year if ordered by a Paris appeals court, and she would challenge such a decision.
- Challenging a verdict next year, Le Pen denies being at the center of a fraudulent system meant to siphon EU funds, and she hopes the court clears her in July.
- A key appeals ruling is set for July 7, which Le Pen says could derail her ambitions after a five-week appeal trial ended earlier this month in a Paris courtroom.
- Facing potential penalties, Le Pen has said she would not run in 2027 if ordered to wear an electronic bracelet, and has named her 30-year-old protege as her likely replacement.
- Court control over candidacy outcomes positions the judiciary as a key factor in the 2027 race, with three judges deciding whether millions of French voters can choose Le Pen, in a verdict set for July 7.
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While Marine Le Pen will be aware on 7 July of the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal in the case of the assistants of Euro MPs RN, after having been sentenced in first instance to two years of wearing electronic bracelet and five years of ineligibility with immediate execution, she claimed that she would not campaign for the next presidential election if she was forced to wear an electronic bracelet. "We cannot campaign in these conditions,"…
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France's Le Pen says she won't run in 2027 if appeal court orders her to wear an electronic bracelet
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she won't run for president if a Paris appeals court orders her to wear an electronic bracelet over alleged misuse of European Union funds.
The leader of the parliamentary group of the far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, said that she had not lost hope of being able to run in the presidential election.
Marine Le Pen will be determined on his fate on 7 July with the appeal judgement of his trial in the case of parliamentary assistants.
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