US EditionFrench Court set to rule on Le Pen's embezzlement appeal on July 7
The court's decision on a €2.9 million European Parliament funds scam may bar Le Pen from the 2027 presidential race, prosecutors seek a five-year office ban.
- A Paris appeals court in Paris announced on Wednesday, February 11, that it will rule on July 7 in Marine Le Pen's fraud appeal after proceedings at the Paris de Justice.
- Prosecutors say a March 2025 court found Le Pen at the heart of a 'fraudulent system' that siphoned 2.9 million from European Parliament funds, with funds misappropriated drop by drop.
- Prosecutors last week demanded the court maintain a five-year ban and a one-year house arrest with electronic tag for Le Pen, following the March 2025 decision.
- If the appeals court upholds last year's ruling, Le Pen would be barred from 2027, potentially making Jordan Bardella her replacement candidate.
- Her legal team argued there was a `grey area` over the rules, and Le Pen told reporters `The sooner, the better, I feel` after the hearing.
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The French extreme right-wing leader Marine Le Pen will be set on 7 July on his judicial and therefore political fate: the Paris Court of Appeal gave itself almost five months after the end of the debates, Wednesday at the end of the afternoon, to rule in the case of the assistants of his party's MEPs.
At the Paris Court of Appeal on Wednesday, lawyers Sandra Chirac-Kollarik and Rodolphe Bosselut competed in the pathos and victimization to defend Marine Le Pen. The judgment will be delivered on 7 July.
The two lawyers of the former presidential candidate defended their client's "good faith" for a little more than four hours. They hope to mitigate the conviction of Marine Le Pen at first instance so that she can appear at the Elysée. The decision of the Paris Court of Appeal will be rendered on 7 July.
Lawyers for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is appealing her conviction last year for misuse of European funds, asked the Paris appeals court today to acquit her. The court said it would issue a final ruling on her appeal on July 7, AFP reported.
The appeal process against the leader of the race assembly lasted four weeks, and now it is clear that the verdict whether Marine Le Pen is still allowed to take part in the election in 2027 will only fall in just under five months.
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